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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1978-036
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Tide and current analysis of the Gulf of Carpentaria and its relation to banana prawn larval dispersion

The prawn fishing industry in the Gulf of Carpentaria is worth $100 million/year and a large proportion of this is from catches of banana prawns. In one stage of their complex life history, banana prawn larvae are carried by ocean currents from their spawning grounds to the estuarine nursery...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Cleveland
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 1983-067
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Second Australian National Prawn Seminar

Since the First Australian National Prawn Seminar in 1973, Australian prawn fisheries have grown in size and value to become Australia's most valuable fisheries resource. In the same period the number of people involved in the fishing industry, research and management has also increased. Major new...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Cleveland