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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1993-096
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Effects of Trawling Subprogram: the environmental effects of prawn trawling in the far Northern Section of the Great Barrier Reef

This report covers a five year study into the effects of trawling on seabed communities in the inter-shoal and inter-reef areas in the Far Northern Section of the Great Barrier Reef. The study arose from a GBRMPA convened scientific Workshop in 1989 to address the effects of fishing in the Great...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1984-019
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

A comparison of the fishing characteristics and inefficiencies of different otterboard designs under field conditions

Unlike the majority of engineered equipment, the design of fishing gear is tested ultimately in its ability to take or capture live animals which are able to modify their escape responses. For this reason, increases in the efficiency of operation and optimization of hydrodynamic design are not...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Adoption
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1984-023
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

A study of the sand crab (Portunus pelagicus) and its exploitation in a sub-tropical multi-sector fishery

Based on logbook records the sand crab commercial pot fishery in Moreton Bay is worth in the vicinity of $2 million wholesale annually. Sand crabs are also taken as an incidental by-catch by otter trawlers and in addition Moreton Bay supports a substantial recreational fishery. Sand crabs are caught...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
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