Project number:
1978-048
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$0.00
Organisation:
Curtin University
Project start/end date:
28 Dec 1979
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31 Dec 1979
Contact:
FRDC
1. Develop and field test a twin beam sounder and automatic target alarm system.
2. Increase beam coverage and facilitate target school location in the Gulf of Carpentaria banana prawn fishery
Final report
Author:
Dr J.D. Penrose
Final Report
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1979-12-31
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363.96 KB
1978-048-DLD.pdf
This report deals with the operation of the twin sounder installation, referred to in earlier project reports, during 1979. For the period 1978/79 a grant of $2,750 was recommended for building and testing the prototype device. In order to meet construction deadlines on the vessel "Territory Chief" it was necessary to build and install the sounder system by late 1977, as outlined in the last report to the Fishing Industry Research Committee.
That report also dealt with the system performance during the 1978 banana prawn season. The present report covers work done during the 1979 season in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
