Project number: 1993-051
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $47,638.24
Principal Investigator: Neil Trainor
Organisation: Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Project start/end date: 29 Dec 1994 - 30 Dec 1995
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. Establish a detailed and comprehensive time series catch and effort database for the east coast Otter Trawl Fishery for the period 1969-present.
2. Provide a statistically valid sample of trawl fishing operations on the east coast since 1969.
3. Provide historic baseline data for industry, management and research to assess the fishery and to provide suitable data for future stock assessment and modelling type research.

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