This project was initiated in response to a rapid increase in the demand for pilchards and other baitfish species and the subsequent expansion of purse-seine fisheries throughout southeastern Australia. During the course of the proj ect, the need for research on pilchard stocks was further increased...
The decline of many of the world's fisheries has stimulated interest in the enhancement of stocks by using cultured animals. Enhancement of abalone stocks with cultured Juveniles has been practiced for some time (in Japan in particular), but the high cost of rearing juveniles or the high mortality...