Objectives: 1. Acquire and install a complete instrument package (a) to make simultaneous measurements of trawl door spread, wing spread & headline height of bottom & pelagic trawls used during survey work 2. to make similar measurements on commercial trawl gear
Design And Development Of A New Purse Seining Method And Equipment
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Summary
Objectives: 1. Develop a safe, more efficient method of operating a purse seine net with minimum crew; design, build, install deck machinery; 2. prove method & equipment under commercial fishing conditions
The Impact Of Commercial Hauling Nets And Recreational Line Fishing On The Survival Of Undersize King George Whiting (Sillaginodes Punctata)
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Funding Amount
$157,942.00
Summary
Objectives: 1. To determine the impact of commercial hauling nets for garfish on the King George whiting fishery 2. To determine the impact of recreational line fishing on the mortality of undersize king george whiting returned to the water
Exploratory Fishing For Benthic Species On The Eastern Great Australian Bight Continental Shelf
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Summary
Objectives: 1. Use a commercial deep water trawl vessel to determine the extent of trawlable bottom 2. the potential of crustacean & fish resources on the continental shelf of the eastern Great Australian Bight (SW of Kangaroo Island). 3. & Sample to collect biological data
Assistance With The Development Of A Fishery For Skipjack Tuna Off The South Coast Of WA
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Summary
Objectives: 1. Assess the viability of gill netting for skipjack tuna off the lower south-west and south coasts of WA using existing tuna vessels. Provide an opportunistic/supplementary fishery to southern bluefin tuna
Exploratory And Experimental Studies For Fish And Crustacea In Australian Continental Slope Waters
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Summary
Objectives: 1. Search for scampi & other crustaceans in east Aust waters. Locate, survey new grounds in E Aust waters, especially sea mounts, ridges & rises in deep offshore waters. There, test effectiveness of traps, longlines & droplines for fish. Test traps for scamp
Underwater Filming And Flume Tank Testing Of Conventional And Horizontal Louvred Otterboard
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Summary
Objectives: 1. Film performance of conventional & horizontal louvered otterboards. If they are worthy of further development, test in AMC flume tank to compare the engineering performance of conventional prawn trawl gear to nets equipped with horizontal louvered otterbo