The results of this study show that hatchery-reared Black Bream can be used to enhance the stock of the population of this commercially and recreationally important species in the Blackwood River Estuary in which it has become depleted. An initial trial of different stains demonstrated that alizarin...
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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Fremantle
Data have been collected on the biology of western yellowfin bream and four tuskfish species that are of the type and quality required by managers for developing appropriate plans for conserving the stocks of these five commercial and recreational species. Emphasis was thus placed on determining (1)...
This project has increased our understanding of the importance of seagrass habitats to larger, commercially valuable, species of fish by combining experimental and correlative scientific principles. We found that many small fish use seagrass habitats for nutrition and to avoid predation by large...
Orange roughy is an important species in the South East Fishery (SEF). The main areas in the SEF where orange roughy fishing has occurred are a major spawning aggregation off the east coast of Tasmania (the Eastern Management Zone) during winter and on non-spawning summer aggregations of the...