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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1992-079
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Effects of Trawling Subprogram: the interaction between fish trawling and other commercial and recreational fisheries

There is worldwide concern over the potential effects of by-catch and discarding of fish in commercial fisheries, particularly trawling. Although mortalities of discards are highly variable, it is likely that a large proportion of fish discarded at sea by trawlers do not survive. Consequently,...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
TAGS
Wild Catch
Survey
Stock Assessment
Resource Access And Allocation
Recreational Fishing
Industry
Industry
Environment
Industry
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1993-085
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Test of method for telling moult stage of spiny lobsters

The fishing industry needs accurate ways to measure the age of animals to manage their populations better. The project shows that researchers studied the growth of receptors in crabs and lobsters to see if they could be used to determine age. They found that counting the number of receptors is only...
ORGANISATION:
University of Melbourne
TAGS
Stock Assessment
Reproduction
Physiology
Biology
Industry
Environment
Environment
Environment
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