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Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1983-048
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Stock identity of northern fish species

The research program supported by this grant was directed at determining the number and distribution of subpopulations or genetic stocks which contribute to Australian fisheries for barramundi, northern sharks, and narrow-barred Spanish mackerel. Starch gel electrophoresis was used to reveal...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Cleveland
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2001-055
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Biological and fisheries data for managing deep sea crabs in Western Australia

The crystal crab fishery on the west coast of Western Australia has only been commercially fished since the late 1990s. When this project was initiated in 2001, only compulsory monthly catch and effort data were being collected. This project has successfully set up the methods and means to collect...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
SPECIES
Environment
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-754
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

SCRC: SCRC RTG 3.11: CRC Research Travel Grant: To attend workshop at NIRS 2009 conference (Dr Malcolm Brown)

Visible-near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (VNIRS) is a rapid, objective technique that has been used within CSIRO Food Futures (FF) Flagships projects over the past few years to assess flesh quality of animals within breeding programs. More recently, our group has applied VNIRS as part of a...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1998-482
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Extending the high quality shelf life of scallop products - modified atmosphere packaging trials

The aim of the project was to establish commercial production and market acceptance of modified atmosphere packaged scallops. This report contains the quality data obtained from raw material evaluation and the shelf life trial. The results of a market trial has been compiled by Fishmac...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1979-005
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Dependence of commercially import fish on krill as a food source in south-east Tasmania

This final report on the project describes data on stomach contents of major fish predators of the euphausiid Nyctiphanes australis. The study has concluded that: size and stock of krill and its production can be calculated with some degree of confidence; major predators of adult krill can be...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)