This project was initiated to investigate alternative options to effectively monitor and constrain the recreational rock lobster catch, particularly in the East Coast Stock Rebuilding Zone.
Researchers from Queensland’s Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, James Cook University, and the University of Western Australia tested a range of otolith-based and genetic methods to identify hatchery-born from wild-born Barramundi. The project took place in the Dry Tropics region, where...
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Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
This report details an investigation by the NSW Department of Primary Industries into QX disease in Sydney Rock Oysters (Saccostrea glomerata; SROs) in Port Stephens during the 2022. This followed from the first incursion of this disease in this estuary in August of 2021. QX disease has...
Acoustic release systems were purchased by 3 fishing businesses but installation proceeded for only 2 of these businesses, on vessels fishing out of Sydney and Jervis Bay. Installation on the vessel Seeking, working out of Jervis Bay, was a permanent installation, with full integration...
The Daily Egg Production Method is used to estimate the spawning biomass of several Australian fisheries for pelagic species, including the South Australian Sardine Fishery and Commonwealth Small Pelagic Fishery. Dr Kostas Ganias of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is a world leader in the...