This project produced time series of estimates of spawning biomass for pilchards in four purse seine management zones in Western Australia, three on the south coast and one on the west coast. The pilchard stocks in Western Australia have recovered strongly since the 1998/99 mass mortality.
This...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
This project aimed to develop a rapid and affordable molecular method to identify fish eggs from
plankton samples. The method selected was a multiplex bead array method where species-specific
probes are developed and bound to beads which fluoresce when passed through a flow cytometer if
bound to the...
This study was undertaken collaboratively by fisheries scientists from the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) and the University of Tasmania. It was the first dedicated application of the Daily Egg Production Method (DEPM) to Jack Mackerel, Trachurus declivis. It...