Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0559317

Funding Activity

Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0559317

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Prediction of fishery year-class-strengths from larval growth and zooplankton size structure. The abundance of young fish produced in the ocean each year is highly variable, and banks or managers need to prepare for these future changes when the fish reach market size. Therefore many nations conduct special trawl surveys of juvenile fish each year, but these are expensive, particularly when Australia has over 200 commercially harvested fish. We propose that the growth of fish larvae, recorded as daily growth rings within the earstone of undersized fish from the fishery, could predict future abundance. We will link growth to a cost-effective assessment of their zooplankton prey in spawning areas that lead to Australia's South East Trawl region.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2005

End Date: 30-06-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $240,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Marine And Estuarine Ecology (Incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Ecology | Biological Oceanography |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Oceanic processes (excl. climate related) | Estuarine and lagoon areas | Fisheries—commercial

Other Keywords

Biological Oceanography | Ecology | Estuarine and lagoon areas | Fisheries—commercial | Marine And Estuarine Ecology (Incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Oceanic processes (excl. climate related)

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