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PROJECT NUMBER • 1984-015
PROJECT STATUS:
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Feasibility of intensive aquaculture of freshwater crayfish of the genus Cherax

In Western Australia, and now elsewhere, there has been considerable interest in marron farming for over two decades. Many schemes have come and gone and the highly optimistic attitude which once prevailed has gradually been replaced by a more realistic approach to marron aquaculture. While, for...
ORGANISATION:
Curtin University
TAGS
Nutrition
Marketing
Freshwater
Biology
Aquaculture
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1984-013
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Comparison of the engineering and catching performance of existing prawn trawls in the Spencer Gulf prawn fishery to three new prawn trawl designs

In 1981-82 the cost of fuel and oil in the Northern Prawn Fishery amounted to 25% ($M23.65) of the total costs for a prawn trawler (Hundloe 1984). In the East Coast Prawn Fishery, fuel and oi 1 amounted to 24% ($M9.77) of the costs (BAE 1984). In recent years the dramatic rise In fuel prices has...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Maritime College (AMC)
TAGS
Innovation
Fishing Technology
Fishing Gear
Fishing Effort
Efficiency
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1984-011
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

The production of larval native fish in larval rearing ponds

Most marine and freshwater fishes depend on plankton for food during a period shortly after birth until they are large enough to switch to other prey. At the Inland Fisheries Research Station, Narrandera (NIFRS), native fish are spawned and the larvae transferred to rearing ponds for approximately...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
TAGS
Stock Assessment
Reproduction
Nutrition
Husbandry
Biology
Industry
Industry
Industry
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 1983-067
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Second Australian National Prawn Seminar

Since the First Australian National Prawn Seminar in 1973, Australian prawn fisheries have grown in size and value to become Australia's most valuable fisheries resource. In the same period the number of people involved in the fishing industry, research and management has also increased. Major new...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Cleveland
TAGS
Tagging
Stock Assessment
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