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Assessment of status, composition and market potential of demersal trawl fish resources in northern Australian waters

Project number: 1986-049
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $0.00
Principal Investigator: David Ramm
Organisation: Department of Industry Tourism and Trade
Project start/end date: 24 May 1994 - 27 May 1994
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. Establish extent, levels of exploitation of tropical demersal trawl fish resources in northern Australian waters of Arafura and Timor Seas
2. Assess data bases and collection procedures
3. Appraise foreign fishing
analyse species, catch rates, methods.

Tagging studies of the blue endeavour prawn Metapenaeus endeavouri

Project number: 1984-070
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $0.00
Principal Investigator: Richard Slack-Smith
Organisation: Department of Industry Tourism and Trade
Project start/end date: 27 Jun 1986 - 29 Jun 1986
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. Examine growth, movements & mortalities of the blue endeavour prawn Metapenaeus endeavouri, using a tag release program.
2. Sample commercial catches to enhance logbook catch & effort data to provide further seasonal and area distributions data for the species
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1983-055
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Mercury content of tropical sharks

Total mercury, alkyl mercury and selenium concentrations in the muscle tissue of several species of pelagic sharks from northern Australian waters are reported. Mean mercury concentrations ranged between O .13 mg /kg for Carcharhinus brevipinna and 1. 94 mg/kg for C. amblyrhyn choides. Maximum...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Industry Tourism and Trade

Tiger and endeavour prawn closure study, western Gulf of Carpentaria

Project number: 1982-055
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $0.00
Principal Investigator: Richard Slack-Smith
Organisation: Department of Industry Tourism and Trade
Project start/end date: 28 Dec 1983 - 31 Dec 1983
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. Determine size composition of the principal tiger and endeavour prawn species on the commercial fishing grounds subject to seasonal closure
2. Assess size composition on fishing grounds within or adjacent to closed area with reference to effectiveness of closures
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