The fishery for king prawns which occurs between 18°S and 21°S has been investigated over a three year period. The fishery takes place predominantly during winter months. Availability of alternative target stocks as well as recruitment timing is responsible for the fishery's timing.
Annual...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
The following report is a description of the two FIR TA projects (85/85 & 89/13) which examined recruitment processes in penaeids at Albatross Bay in the northeastern Gulf of Carpentaria over the years 1985 to 1992. The aim of the first of the two projects was to identify the main factors which...
Most of the world’s marine fish harvest still comes from coastal waters despite the rapid development of distant water fishing fleets (McHugh, 1967). Fish yields from estuaries and lagoons are generally high, due to factors including shallowness, inflow of nutrients from rivers, and the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Most Australian abalone fisheries are fully exploited and a comparison of the total catch of blacklip abalone, Haliotis ruber, in the three south-eastern states indicates a decline in population size from south to north. The catch distribution from New South Wales parallels that trend. This decline...
The purpose of this project was to collect the biological and fishery information necessary to conduct a stock assessment of the sandbar (known locally as ‘thickskin’) shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus and to improve and update the existing stock assessment for the dusky shark, Carcharhinus...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA