Project number:
1994-029.80
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$5,445.45
Principal Investigator:
Tony Kingston
Organisation:
Fisheries Economics Research and Management Specialists (FERM)
Project start/end date:
8 Sep 2003
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30 Jun 2004
Contact:
FRDC
1. To carry out a literature search on pilchards and other small pelagic fish species
2. To describe the main bait fisheries including catches, areas and by-catch species
3. To determine the stock structure of the main bait species in east and SE Australia
4. To describe the biology of pilchards in Australia, including age, growth, reproductive cycles and fecundity
5. To evaluate the potential of using egg surveys to estimate spawning biomass of pilchards in SE Australia
6. To estimate the potential yields of pilchards in SE Australia
