Catch statistics for 13 species from commercial and research trawls conducted between 1979 and 1984 in the southern areas of the South-East Trawl fishery are examined. Catch and catch per swept area from demersal trawls were stratified by position, depth and month and shots were subsequently...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE TAS)
This program has collected data on the development and performance of the fishery, as well as biological data relevant to assessment of the impact of fishing on the exploited population.
The development and operation of the fishing and processing sectors of the fishery are described as are the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE TAS)
The scientific literature has generally accepted that abalone populations are characterised by low levels of settlement and recruitment (Tegner in press), that mortality is relatively low (Doi et al. 1977; Beinssen and Powell 1979; Sainsbury 1982; Shepherd et al. 1982; Fournier and Breen 1983) and...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE TAS)
This report concludes investigations into the economic and biological viability of scallop culture in Tasmania. Research into spat settlement and ongrowing methods has continued from the 1970's and the current TFDA and FIRTA funded programmes (1980-84) have successfully cultured scallops to legal,...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE TAS)