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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-062
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT

Knowledge to improve the assessment and management of Giant Mud Crabs (Scylla serrata) in Queensland

Researchers from the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) Queensland, CQUniversity (CQU) and the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) NSW Fisheries are collaborating on a Fisheries Research and Development (FRDC) co-funded research project on mud crab populations in Queensland. The...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
TAGS
Wild Catch
Tagging
Reproduction
Rac Qld
Rac Nsw
SPECIES
Mud Crabs
FLYER
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PUBLISHED DATE: 01 Dec 2020
FRDC-DAF Mud crab flyer.pdf
FACT SHEET
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PUBLISHED DATE: 01 Dec 2020
FRDC-DAF Mud crab factsheet.pdf
Environment
Environment
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1983-012
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Identification of stocks and migration routes of Torres Strait and Gulf of Carpentaria narrow barred Spanish Mackerel, Scomberomorus commerson

Of the eighteen species of Scomberomorus recognized by Collette and Russo (1979), the migratory behavior of only three species S. cavalla (king mackerel), S. maculatus (Spanish mackerel) and S. commerson (the narrow-barred Spanish mackerel) have been studied by tagging programmes. In these instances...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
TAGS
Tagging
Stock Assessment
Population Dynamics
Migration
Habitat
FINAL REPORT
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PUBLISHED DATE: 31 Dec 1984
1983-012-DLD.pdf
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
Management
FINAL REPORT
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PUBLISHED DATE: 31 Dec 1985
1981-046-DLD.pdf
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1992-144
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Fisheries biology and interaction in the northern Australian small mackerel fishery

The small mackerels comprising school mackerel (Scomberomorus queenslandicus), spotted mackerel (S. munroi) and grey mackerel (S. semifasciatus) are important and valued species to recreational and commercial fishers in northern Australia. Prior to this project very little was known about the basic...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
TAGS
Workforce
Tagging
Stock Assessment
Reproduction
Otolith
FINAL REPORT
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PUBLISHED DATE: 31 May 2002
1992-144-DLD.pdf
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1984-023
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

A study of the sand crab (Portunus pelagicus) and its exploitation in a sub-tropical multi-sector fishery

Based on logbook records the sand crab commercial pot fishery in Moreton Bay is worth in the vicinity of $2 million wholesale annually. Sand crabs are also taken as an incidental by-catch by otter trawlers and in addition Moreton Bay supports a substantial recreational fishery. Sand crabs are caught...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
TAGS
Tagging
Stock Assessment
Resource Sharing
Resource Sharing
Research
FINAL REPORT
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PUBLISHED DATE: 31 Dec 1986
1984-023-DLD.pdf
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