Australia comprises fifteen different prawn fisheries across Australia with a combined value at close to $1billion in gross revenue. A look at several other Australian fisheries showed that those that had been successful at addressing issues at a national level had national representative...
ORGANISATION:
Spencer Gulf and West Coast Prawn Association (SGWCPA)
The project has provided an understanding of how environmental variation has impacted on WCPF production. Chapter 1 contains the objectives of the study, background and need for the work. Chapter 2 provides a context for understanding of: a) oceanic and climatological processes which are associated...
ORGANISATION:
Spencer Gulf and West Coast Prawn Association (SGWCPA)
Experiments were conducted in northern, central and southern Queensland to investigate the effects of hook design and size on the incidence of hooking injury, and the effects of a number of factors, including barotrauma-treatment method, on post-release survival rates of a suite of key...