Project number: 1991-029
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $88,200.00
Principal Investigator: Stephen J. Blaber
Organisation: CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Cleveland
Project start/end date: 2 Oct 1991 - 30 Jun 1993
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. To describe those aspects of the biology of the major commercial (or potentially commercial) trawl fish species in the Gulf of Carpentaria that are relevant to establishing a sustainable fishery, calculating TAC's and implementing a suitable management plan.
2. To determine the degree of coupling between the commercially important fish species and the benthos, with particular emphasis on important benthic prey species, and epibenthic structure.

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