Domestication and selective breeding programs in a number of cultured penaeid shrimp species worldwide have substantially improved commercially desirable traits compared to wild stocks. Improvements in growth rates, feed conversion efficiency, disease resistance and survival have been achieved in...
Studies on the breeding stock of the western rock lobster, Panulirus Cygnus George, were conducted to examine the appropriateness of the current measure of the abundance of the breeding stock.
Research cruises, commercial monitoring and laboratory studies were undertaken between 1984 and 1988. Data...
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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
The comprehensive consultation process conducted throughout the lifetime of this project ensured the implications of the research have been recognised by the fisheries management authorities and the communities of the Northern Peninsula Area (NPA). In response to the findings of the present project,...