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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-001
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Predicting the impacts of shifting recreational fishing effort towards inshore species

The project outputs have led to the following outcomes: 1. A model has been developed enabling reliable estimation of mortality of fish species that undertake size-related, unidirectional, offshore movements from age and length data. This new modelling approach is likely to be applicable to stocks...
ORGANISATION:
Murdoch University
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2001-255
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Rock Lobster Post Harvest Subprogram: quantifying and controlling hyper- and hyposaline-induced post-harvest leg autotomy in the western rock lobster

The previously undescribed phenomenon of hypersaline-induced autotomy in western rock lobsters has been fully characterised. The extent of occurrence of hypersaline films throughout the post-harvest chain has been examined and found to be significant. Environmental factors contributing to the...
ORGANISATION:
Geraldton Fishermen's Co-operative Ltd
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1999-217
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Stable isotope tracing of the contribution of seagrass production to subtropical fisheries species occurring outside seagrass areas

Results from this project affect the relative importance coastal managers will place on different estuarine habitats. Until now primary production from mangrove forests has been ranked highly for its presumed contribution to fisheries species occurring seaward of mangroves. This project...
ORGANISATION:
Griffith University Nathan Campus
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1992-125.11
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Development of a process to manufacture powdered shark cartilage

This project was undertaken in collaboration with Pacific Export Services Queensland Pty Ltd and had the primary objective of developing a powdered shark cartilage product on a pilot commercial scale for the domestic and export markets. The investigations undertaken in this project required several...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
People
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1998-359
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Risk assessment for the NSW seafood industry

Seafood, unlike most other foods, can pose serious food poisoning risks simply as a result of their biology and/or the way in which they are consumed. This problem is further exacerbated by the fact that animals posing a risk do not show any signs that can easily distinguish them from...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-175
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Strategic Plan for Research and Development of the Oyster Industry in NSW

The NSW oyster industry is one of the states oldest and most valuable fishery, with a farm gate value of more than $27 million in 1994/ 5. It has an impressive history covering more than a hundred years of farming the native Sydney rock oyster Saccostrea commercialis but has experienced a decline...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
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