Population dynamics and management of spanner crabs in southern Queensland

Funding Activity

Website
https://www.frdc.com.au/project/1995-022

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Objectives:
1. To estimate the size of the south Queensland spanner crab stock.
2. Determine the appropriateness of existing spawning closure arrangements.
3. To determine whether catch size-distribution can be used to estimate population age-structure and growth rates.
4. To evaluate the impact of post-discard mortality amongst sub-legal crabs on yields, and promote the development (by industry) of less damaging apparatus.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 19-12-1995

End Date: 01-07-2000

Funding Scheme: Funding Scheme not available

Funding Amount: $262,552.00

Funder: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation

Research Topics

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Other Keywords

Biology | Fisheries Management | Fishing Effort | Individual Transferable Quota | Mortality | Population Dynamics | Sustainability | Wild Catch | Yield

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