The objectives of this study were to determine whether catch rates of rock lobsters in the commercial fishery off New South Wales were declining, the size and species composition of catches from the commercial fishery and to ascertain the smallest length at which 50% of female eastern rock lobsters,...

The yabbie, Cherax destrucor has been identified as an Australian freshwater crayfish species having a very high potential for aquaculture. Research Into biological aspects of the yabbie (Carrol I 1981, Mills 1983) has demonstrated +ha+ commercial farming of yabbies Is technically feasible. However,...

Red spot disease (RSD), a cutaneous ulcerative disease of estuarine fish, was first reported from the Burnetfc River in Queensland in 1972. By 1985, when the present application was submitted, seasonally recurrent RSD outbreaks were adversely affecting commercial fisheries in many east coast...