There has been serious concern over the status of the school shark fishery for many years, and it has been the subject of numerous stock assessments (Punt & Walker 1998). It is a well researched species: Olsen (1954) showed that school shark can make extensive migrations, and that females moved...
This report describes the results of an ex-post benefit cost analysis of the FRDC funded project 'Enhancement of yabby production from Western Australian farm dams' (Project No. 1994-075). The project was carried out by the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories.
The main findings of the...
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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
There has been recent revitalization of the West Australian pearl culture industry to a stage where annual production is now worth about $40 million. Mortalities of pearl shell transported to the culture farms and concerns regarding the state of pearl oyster stocks stimulated a series of research...
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...