An analysis of spatial and temporal variations in catch rates of Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) in relation to environmental factors was conducted for the region south of Tasmania up to 1he southern half of New South Wales. Substantial temporal and spatial variations were evident in...
1 A method was developed to rapidly assess the effectiveness of trap designs and identify
the causes of differences in effectiveness.
2 Fish entry and escape probabilities are correlated across trap designs. The probabilities
are very high for '0' and 'S' trap designs and are much lower for the 'Z'...
This project lead to a large number of outcomes that provided significant benefit to the Australian live mud crab industry supply chain. These include:
Agreement on an easy to use, national, industry-driven, grading scheme for live mud crabs (the Australian Industry Live Mud Crab Grading...
In September 1995, the deepwater trawl fishing industry agreed not to trawl in an area of 370 km2 on the continental slope south of Tasmania for three years, as stated in a Memorandum of Understanding between the former Australian Nature Conservation Agency (now Environment Australia) (EA) and the...
The 1982 Radar, Navigation, Echo Sounder and Sonar Course was held from April 27 to May 7. This year's course for professional fishermen was attended by 11 students. It was felt that the smaller number was easier to handle in the compact training areas.
The first week of the course consisted of...
This report was prepared to summarise the yearly activities of Australian participation in the tuna handline/pole fishery in the Coral Sea adjacent to Cairns over the period 1981 to 1983.
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)