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PROJECT NUMBER • 1986-028
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

The WA trap and line fishery on the North West Shelf

Until recently, exploitation of North West Shelf multi-species fish stocks was mainly by the Taiwanese pair-trawl fishery, though other foreign vessels had also fished there. Australian finfish fishing in the region was conducted by a small number of line-fishing boats, working close to the mainland...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1984-013
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

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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