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A three year study of the pearl oyster Pinctada maxima in Western Australia was carried out to provide basic biological data and to develop an understanding of the status of the stock. Aspects examined were: The location of stocks within Western Australia, both geographically and by depth. ...

ORGANISATION:

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA

PROJECT NUMBER • 1986-092

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

Investigation of the impact of the seastar Coscinasterias calamaria on commercial mollusc fisheries

The large starfish, Coscinasterias calamaria is known to feed on commercially exploited molluscs, including blacklip abalone (Haliotis rubra), mussels (Mytilus edulis) and scallops (Pecten irradians). The study investigated the abundance of the seastar on reefs in Port Phillip Bay, and the extent to...

ORGANISATION:

University of Melbourne

TAGS

Nutrition

PROJECT NUMBER • 1985-085

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

Recruitment processes in commercially important prawn species

The following report is a description of the two FIR TA 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

TAGS

Stock Assessment

PROJECT NUMBER • 1986-111

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

Establishing the viability of a longline southern bluefin tuna operation based in Tasmania and establishing a quality control mechanism for the Australian longline industry

This report was trying to establish, with one of the Japanese Companies who are longline fishing south of Tasmania, a contact so that in the future we can establish a radio contact and exchange fishing information so we can fish the same areas. Since the beginning of the FIRTA GRANT we have...

ORGANISATION:

Stehr Group Pty Ltd

TAGS

Stakeholder