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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1993-085
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Test of method for telling moult stage of spiny lobsters

The fishing industry needs accurate ways to measure the age of animals to manage their populations better. The project shows that researchers studied the growth of receptors in crabs and lobsters to see if they could be used to determine age. They found that counting the number of receptors is only...
ORGANISATION:
University of Melbourne
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1992-040
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Investigation of methods to age abalone

Management of the valuable Australian abalone fishery is difficult because catch/effort information for abalone does not provide warnings of declining stocks. In fact abalone fisheries in Alaska, California and Mexico have collapsed or declined dramatically, with little warning. Management must rely...
ORGANISATION:
University of Melbourne
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