Objectives: 1. To establish protocols for improved broodstock conditioning and handling, particularly to permit out-of-season spawning of selected oyster stocks. 2. To determine the effects of the key autecological factors (temperature and salinity) and nutrition on SRO embryos and larvae, to...

Mass of mortality over the past decade in routine mass hatchery and nursery rearing to produce the millions of spat required for commercial operation. These same problems have also forced the abandonment of SRO production operations by several commercial hatcheries elsewhere in NSW. three...

This project is a revision of FRDC Project 2001/033 which was originally titled Enhancement of the NSW blacklip abalone fishery using hatchery produced seed. The original project included a significant cash contribution from the NSW Abalone Fishing Industry but unfortunately after FRDC approved the...

Information about growth and mortality are important in the management of resources because these provide us with an understanding about the productivity of the target population. Estimates are used to assess the impact of fishing upon the target population and the effectiveness of various scenarios...