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Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-032
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

PIRSA: Surveying, searching and promoting cuttlefish spawning activity in northern Spencer Gulf

The size of the Giant Australian Cuttlefish (Sepia apama) population on the Point Lowly spawning grounds in 2014 increased for the first time since 2009, yet management is remaining cautiously optimistic as the reason for this increase is currently unknown. In addition to the annual assessment...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1998-153
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Mother-of-pearl (Pinctada maxima) shell: stock evaluation for management and future harvesting in Western Australia

The West Australian Pearling industry is one of Australia’s most valuable aquaculture industries, currently generating around $120 - $160 million annually. The majority of pearl shell used to culture pearls come from the pearling beds in the inshore waters near Broome. The fishery for...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1996-108
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Fishery-independent survey of the breeding stock and migration of the western rock lobster (Panulirus cygnus)

The fishery for western lobster (Panulirus cygnus) has supported an annual catch of about 10,500 tonnes per annum over the last twenty years and is worth between $200-300 million per annum. The fishery has been experiencing increasing exploitation rates over time and estimates in the early 1990s...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-014
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Research to underpin better understanding and management of western gemfish stocks in the Great Australian Bight

Gemfish (Rexea solandri) is a benthopelagic snake mackerel of the Family Gempylidae. Gemfish is found on the continental shelf and slope in southern, southwestern and southeastern Australia and New Zealand. It is found at depths ranging from 100 to 800 metres, but commonly at 300 to 450 metres....
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
SPECIES
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-027
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Validating a new sampling technique for estimating egg production

Estimates of spawning biomass obtained using the Daily Egg Production Method (DEPM) are the primary biological performance indicator in the South Australian Sardine Fishery (SASF) and Commonwealth Small Pelagic Fishery (SPF). The DEPM is also being used to assess the status of other...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
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