There has been an extensive body of research into the functioning of Australian estuaries and embayments over many years with concentrated studies being carried out in the Swan estuary, Peel-Harvey, Wilson Inlet, Adelaide Coastal waters, Port Philip Bay, Derwent estuary, Lakes Entrance, and Moreton...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Natural Resources Mines and Energy (DRNME) Indooroopilly
The WCPFA is a small oceanic fishery harvested by 3 vessels and is based exclusively on the Western king prawn (Melicertus latisulcatus). The impetus for the application is the economic hardship faced by industry due to a significant and on-going stock decline of the fishery believed to be...
ORGANISATION:
Spencer Gulf and West Coast Prawn Association (SGWCPA)
Industry and Research Context – Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) aquaculture has quickly grown to become Australia’s largest aquaculture industry through an effective combination of industry innovation and development and scientific research and development. Publicly funded tuna R&D has largely been...
Sexual maturation in most organisms requires the individual to attain sufficient size and energetic status to cope with the physical and metabolic requirements associated with reproduction. Atlantic salmon represent a classic example of a species which optimises this concept through a very plastic...