Patterns of ontogenetic variation in the composition of the otoliths of southern Bluefin tuna (SBT), Thunnus maccoyii, strongly suggested that the concentrations f some elements (and particularly strontium) varied episodically, and probably annually. This suggested that counting the numbers of peaks...
The following report is a description of the two FIRTA projects (85/85 & 89/13) which examined recruitment processes in penaeids at Albatross Bay in the northeastern Gulf of Carpentaria over the years 1985 to 1992. The aim of the first of the two projects was to identify the main factors which...
This project sought to investigate the population biology of the commercially important species, primarily crustaceans and finfish, caught in the North West Slope Trawl Fishery (NWSTF) and Western Deep Water Trawl Fishery (WDWTF).
This work aimed to measure standing stocks, growth rates, natural...