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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1986-096
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Diseases of prawns in aquaculture: to develop procedures to detect pathogens of prawns shipped interstate

This project found and described a baculovirus similar to Monodon Baculovirus (MBV) that was called Plebejus Baculovirus (PBV) as it was in eastern king prawns (Penaeus plebejus). It later found it in Australian cultured Penaeus monodon. The project investigated other conditions, particularly...
ORGANISATION:
University of Queensland (UQ)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1986-092
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Investigation of the impact of the seastar Coscinasterias calamaria on commercial mollusc fisheries

The large starfish, Coscinasterias calamaria is known to feed on commercially exploited molluscs, including blacklip abalone (Haliotis rubra), mussels (Mytilus edulis) and scallops (Pecten irradians). The study investigated the abundance of the seastar on reefs in Port Phillip Bay, and the extent to...
ORGANISATION:
University of Melbourne
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1986-087
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Northern shark tagging study

In 1982, CSIRO applied to the Fishing Industry Research Trust Account for funding of a joint biological investigation of northern Australian pelagic fish stocks. At that time these stocks supported a Taiwanese surface gill-net fishery based on sharks, tunas and Spanish mackerel. During the 1970's...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Cleveland
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