Project number:
1994-025
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$394,760.00
Principal Investigator:
Jim W. Penn
Organisation:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
1. To determine the natural mortality and growth rates of major species in the NW trawl fishery
2. To relate fishing mortality rates to levels of fishing effort
3. To cooperate with CSIRO in analysis of their NW Shelf trawl survey data
4. To calculate appropriate levels of fishing effort for sustainable exploitation of the resource and incorporate this in a management plan for the fishery
Final report
Author:
Peter Stephenson; Iain Dunk