The purpose of the grant was to develop a method of measuring density of settlement of the abalone Haliotis laeviqata in relation to spawning stock size and the subsequent catch in the fishery. It was hoped that settlement strength, if it was controlled by oceanographic conditions, would be a useful...

FIRTA GRANT 86/67: SHORT COURSE ON NETS, KNOTS AND ROPEWORK and FIRTA GRANT 86/54: ECHOSOUNDER, SONAR, RADAR AND MARINE RADIO TRANSCEIVER COURSE

Individual transferable catch quotas (ITQs) were allocated to fishermen in the Australian southern bluefin tuna fishery in 1984. The profitability of the industry increased substantially as a result. This is despite the total Australian catch being halved between 1984 and 1987 due to a decline in...