A collaborative investigation on the usage and stock assessment of bait fishes in southern and eastern Australian waters, with special reference to pilchards (Sardinops sagax neopilchardus)

Funding Activity

Website
https://www.frdc.com.au/project/1994-029

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Objectives:
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

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 27-11-1994

End Date: 02-08-2000

Funding Scheme: Funding Scheme not available

Funding Amount: $702,509.81

Funder: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

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ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Ageing | Biology | Bycatch | Individual Transferable Quota | Reproduction | Stock Assessment

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