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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1994-148
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

The age composition of ling catches

Ling (Genypterus blacodes) catches are an increasing component of the South East Fishery. There is increasing pressure to raise the trawl sector TAC for ling and there has been a substantial increase in catch by the non-trawl sector, particularly line, which is currently unregulated. Despite the...
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1987-015
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Determination of the migration patterns of juvenile southern bluefin tuna and jackass morwong

This project reports on: 1) our detailed evaluation of current methodologies for otolith chemical analysis, and our recommended procedures when electron probe microanalysis is used for stock delineation in finfish 2) our assessment of the accuracy and precision of otolith probe microanalysis...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Cleveland
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-011
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Direct age determination with validation for commercially important Australian lobster and crab species (western, eastern, southern and ornate rock lobsters, and crystal, Tasmanian giant and mud crabs)

This research project was undertaken by a national collaboration of government and academic scientists representing key Australian crustacean fisheries. The collaborating institutions were the: Marine Ecology Research Centre – Southern Cross University, Department of Fisheries Western...
ORGANISATION:
Southern Cross University (SCU) Lismore Campus
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-034
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Age and growth of jack mackerel, and the age structure of the jack mackerel purse seine catch

Jack mackerel (Trachurus declivis) is a pelagic species that is found in waters off southern Australia and New Zealand. It is the subject of a major fishery, predominantly off Tasmania, with annual landings in the range of 9,000 - 42,000 tonnes. The fishery commenced in the mid 1980s and uses purse...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-012
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Influence of freshwater flows on growth and abundance of Barramundi and Mud Crab in the Northern Territory

The research presented in this report was led by Charles Darwin University and conducted in collaboration with the University of Melbourne and the Fisheries Division of the Northern Territory (NT) Department of Primary Industries and Resources (DPIR). A novel statistical modelling framework based on...
ORGANISATION:
Charles Darwin University (CDU)
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1991-036
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Development of methods to age commercially important dories and oreos

Four species of dories (Family: Zeidae) and five species of oreos (Family: Oreosomatidae) are caught in the South East Fishery (SEF). John dory and mirror dory are included in the SEF quota sytem with Total Allowable Catches (TACs), in 1993, of 240 t and 800 t, respectively. Oreos, originally a...
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
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