Project number:
1992-147
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$437,056.10
Principal Investigator:
Lindsay Joll
Organisation:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Project start/end date:
7 Mar 1993
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2 Apr 1997
Contact:
FRDC
1. To develop techniques for the assessment of pearl diver efficiency and selectivity in taking pearl oysters.
2. To consider the impact of fishing on the reproductive potential of wild stock pearl oysters.
3. To develop a database on recruitment to commercially fished grounds.
4. To examine geographic variability in pearl oyster growth rates and age at recruitment to the fishery
5. To examine the degree of genetic difference between populations of Pinctada albina
6. To examine the disease status of Broome and Shark Bay stocks of P. albina
