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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-058
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seamount fauna off southern Tasmania: impacts of trawling; conservation and role within the fishery ecosystem

In September 1995, the deepwater trawl fishing industry agreed not to trawl in an area of 370 km2 on the continental slope south of Tasmania for three years, as stated in a Memorandum of Understanding between the former Australian Nature Conservation Agency (now Environment Australia) (EA) and the...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-055.91
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Marketing research priorities for fishery ecosystem protection

The publication A Review and Synthesis of Australian Fisheries Habitat Research, by Mike Cappo, resulted from a three-year review of fisheries habitat research. The report identified the stressors and responses that characterise fisheries habitats. The FRDC requested AIMS to design a marketing...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Institute Of Marine Science (AIMS)
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-055
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Review and synthesis of Australian fisheries habitat research

This project was commissioned by FRDC. The task was to review and synthesise the available knowledge on Australian fisheries habitat research and on this basis: describe and evaluate the suitability and coverage of the areas of research priority identified at a scientific workshop convened by...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Institute Of Marine Science (AIMS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-054
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Development and implementation of a national standard for a recreational fisheries database by all fisheries agencies

SIRFIS is and acronym for Standardised Integrated Recreational Fisheries Information System. The system is designed to provide a user friendly and flexible environment in which to enter, store and retrieve data relating to recreational fisheries. The system also allows storage of comprehensive...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-048
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Cephalopod beak identification and biomass estimation techniques: tools for dietary studies of southern Australian finfishes

Squid, octopus and cuttlefish (cephalopods) are known to be an important food source for many marine animals including whales, porpoise, seals, seabirds, tuna, sharks and swordfish. The hard beaks (chitinous mandibles) of these preys are frequently encountered in predator stomachs. Cephalopod beaks...
ORGANISATION:
Melbourne Museum
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-042
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

The influence of the Dawesville Channel on recruitment, distribution and emigration of crustaceans and fish in the Peel-Harvey estuary

The Peel-Harvey Estuary in south-western Australia covers an area of ca 136km2. The natural entrance channel at Mandurah is ca 5km long and opens into the north-western corner of the circular Peel Inlet, which occupies an area of ca 75km2. The south-western corner of the Peel Inlet in turn opens...
ORGANISATION:
Murdoch University
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-041
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Growth of pearl oysters in the southern and northern areas of the pearl oyster fishery and examination of environmental influences on recruitment to the pearl oyster stock

The pearling industry is Australia’s most valuable aquaculture industry, generating approximately $187 million in 1997 (source: ABARE 1997). The oysters used to culture pearls are derived almost entirely from wild stock shell, rather than hatchery produced stock as occurs in other major...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
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