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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1994-029
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

A collaborative investigation on the usage and stock assessment of bait fishes in southern and eastern Australian waters, with special reference to pilchards (Sardinops sagax neopilchardus)

This project was initiated in response to a rapid increase in the demand for pilchards and other baitfish species and the subsequent expansion of purse-seine fisheries throughout southeastern Australia. During the course of the proj ect, the need for research on pilchard stocks was further increased...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1994-027
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

NSW inland commercial fisheries analysis

The inland commercial fishery in New South Wales had a _mean annual catch of 344t over the past three decades, and is currently worth $1. 7 million per annum (1995/96 value). The commercial fishery commenced in the late 19th Century, and although production figures are available from 1883 onwards,...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
Industry
Environment
Environment
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1994-021
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Radiometric aging of sharks

Determining the age of sharks is difficult. A reliable independent method of validating age estimates is needed, apart from relying on tag return data. The success of radiometric analysis for bony fish overseas and in Australia suggested that it would be worth trying the method on sharks. Four...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1994-017
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Development of a northern Australian squid fishery

Squid are an increasing component in the reported byproduct of commercial prawn and finfish trawlers in northern Australian shelf waters and interest has been shown by Queensland and Northern Territory fishers in developing target fisheries for squid using jigs. In general, squid caught on jigs or...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
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