Project number:
1991-056.80
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$4,500.00
Principal Investigator:
Sevaly Sen
Organisation:
Fisheries Economics Research and Management Specialists (FERM)
Project start/end date:
8 Aug 1999
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1 Jan 2009
Contact:
FRDC
1. To assess the feasibility of capturing live SBT in a state from which they can survive under agistment conditions
2. To grow out SBT in pontoons in the Port Lincoln area to assess: growth rates, total and in specivic period, feed conversion ratios, preferred feeds
3. To assess the influence of the SBT grow out on the environment with water quality testing by the SA Government
4. To assess the quality and market acceptance of farmed SBT
5. To provide an example for other pontoon culturing or farming in Australia
6. To examine the possibility of breeding SBT
7. To provide a basis for sustainable biological research (eg Otoliths)
