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PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-039
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Tactical Research Fund: Development and deployment of sterile ‘Judas fish’ to assist carp eradication in Lake Sorell, Tasmania - surgical and chemical sterilisation

In a world first, the project successfully developed reliable procedures for surgical sterilization of male carp and demonstrated that these when deployed as sterile ‘Judas’ fish are as competent as male ‘Judas’ carp in betraying the locations of feral populations thus...
ORGANISATION:
Inland Fisheries Service (IFS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-103
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Shark 'drop out rate' from hauling gill-nets in the southern shark fishery

Shark 'drop-out' is a term used by fishermen to describe the phenomenon where sharks fall out of shark gillnets during hauling operations. The term is distinguished from shark 'escapement' which is the phenomenon where sharks _struggle to free themselves from gillnets with a high probability of...
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1986-028
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

The WA trap and line fishery on the North West Shelf

Until recently, exploitation of North West Shelf multi-species fish stocks was mainly by the Taiwanese pair-trawl fishery, though other foreign vessels had also fished there. Australian finfish fishing in the region was conducted by a small number of line-fishing boats, working close to the mainland...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1984-013
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Comparison of the engineering and catching performance of existing prawn trawls in the Spencer Gulf prawn fishery to three new prawn trawl designs

In 1981-82 the cost of fuel and oil in the Northern Prawn Fishery amounted to 25% ($M23.65) of the total costs for a prawn trawler (Hundloe 1984). In the East Coast Prawn Fishery, fuel and oi 1 amounted to 24% ($M9.77) of the costs (BAE 1984). In recent years the dramatic rise In fuel prices has...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Maritime College (AMC)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1983-065
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Ninety-day sea trial using CNG (compressed natural gas) as the major fuel component for the marine diesel engine

Prior to describing the details of this research and setting out the results for consideration, I should like to take this opportunity to thank the Fishing Industry Research Committee, the Commonwealth Department of Science & Technology, the Minister for Minerals & Energy of Western Australia and...
ORGANISATION:
Maclean and Lawrence Pty Ltd
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