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PROJECT NUMBER • 1984-013
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Comparison of the engineering and catching performance of existing prawn trawls in the Spencer Gulf prawn fishery to three new prawn trawl designs

In 1981-82 the cost of fuel and oil in the Northern Prawn Fishery amounted to 25% ($M23.65) of the total costs for a prawn trawler (Hundloe 1984). In the East Coast Prawn Fishery, fuel and oi 1 amounted to 24% ($M9.77) of the costs (BAE 1984). In recent years the dramatic rise In fuel prices has...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Maritime College (AMC)
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Innovation
Fishing Technology
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Fishing Effort
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PROJECT NUMBER • 1989-013
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Causes of decline in stocks of commercially important prawns in the Northern Prawn Fishery

The following report is a description of the two FIRTA projects (85/85 & 89/13) which examined recruitment processes in penaeids at Albatross Bay in the northeastern Gulf of Carpentaria over the years 1985 to 1992. The aim of the first of the two projects was to identify the main factors which...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Cleveland
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