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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1981-046
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Assessment of Queensland inshore net fisheries

Most of the world’s marine fish harvest still comes from coastal waters despite the rapid development of distant water fishing fleets (McHugh, 1967). Fish yields from estuaries and lagoons are generally high, due to factors including shallowness, inflow of nutrients from rivers, and the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
TAGS
Tagging
Stock Assessment
Reproduction
Migration
Fishing Gear
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-022
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Population dynamics and management of spanner crabs in southern Queensland

Spanner crabs (Ranina ranina) represent a valuable resource to southern Queensland and northern NSW. The fishery became established in the late 1970s, and as a result of an almost exponential increase in fishing effort between 1992 and 1995 an output-controlled limited entry management arrangement...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
TAGS
Yield
Wild Catch
Sustainability
Population Dynamics
Mortality
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 1992-092
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Publication of "Proceedings from the 2nd Australasian Scallop Workshop"

The First Australasian Scallop Workshop was held in Taroona, Tasmania in July 1988 and was attended by 51 participants from Australia, New Zealand and Japan. It proved to be a very valuable forum for exchange of ideas on scallop biology, management and culture. The organisers of that workshop, Mike...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
TAGS
Workshop
Stakeholder
Resource Assessment
Reproduction
Media
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1992-071
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Live transport of crustaceans in air - prolonging the survival of crabs

We studied the live transport of crustaceans in air, using the spanner crab Ranina ranina as an example, and developed guidelines for handling live spanner crabs which we presented to an industry workshop. Our findings were also of general relevance to the live shipment of other oceanic crab...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
TAGS
Resource Assessment
Offshore
Mortality
Market Opportunities
Fishing Effort
Environment
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