Gladstone Fish Health Investigation 2011 - 2012 - Western Basin ...
Gladstone Fish Health Investigation 2011 - 2012 - Western Basin ... Gladstone Fish Health Investigation 2011 - 2012 - Western Basin ...
Table 1. Number of fish from each site and sampling trip used for histopathology and chemical residuetesting. Note: 1 Denotes Gladstone Harbour and adjacent waterways, 2 denotes reference sites. Note dueto low sample numbers, sharks were used for histology only.Site Species collected per trip 2012LakeAwoongaShark Mud crab Barramundi GrinnerApril/MayApril/MayJune/JulyApril/May5June/JulyApril/May5 51 5 55 5Upper Boyne5 5River 1Port Dev’tArea 1HamiltonPoint 1The Narrows 1 5 5GladstoneTrawl 1Fitzroy River 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5Bundaberg 2 1 5 5 5 5 5CalliopeRiver 1 3June/JulySummary of samples collectedDuring the course of fish health investigations conducted by Fisheries Queensland inGladstone Harbour and surrounding waterways, approximately 9000 fish, crustaceans andmolluscs were sampled. Observations were made across a wide range of species and aresummarised in Table 2. Samples provided to Biosecurity Queensland for further testing havebeen summarised in Tables 3 and 4. Biosecurity numbers include some samples provided bysourcesother than Fisheries Queensland during Phase 1 (Table 3).21
Table 2. The number of fish, crustaceans and molluscs observed during Phase 1 and 2 of the GladstoneFish Health Investigation. Note * indicates multiple species included in categoryFish species(taxonomic group eg. Family or Genus or species)Phase 1 Phase 2 TotalAnchovies * (Engraulidae) 355 355Australian threadfin * (Polydactylus spp.) 361 545 906Barramundi (Lates calcarifer) 281 216 497Batfish * (Ephippidae, Drepaneidae) 3 1 4Beach salmon (Leptobrama muelleri) 2 2Black jew (Protonibea diacanthus) 1 1Black pomfret (Parastromateus niger) 3 3Blue threadfin (Eleutheronema tetradactylum) 51 1 52Bony bream (Nematalosa erebi) 42 42Bream * (Acanthopagrus spp.) 46 46Butter bream (Monodactylus argenteus) 2 2Catfish (Ariidae) 129 129Cod/Groupers * (Epinephelus spp.) 17 1 18Flathead * (Platycephalus spp.) 9 1 10Mackerels and Bonitos* (Scombridae) 7 7Grinner * (Bathysauridae, Synodontidae) 80 179 259Herring * (Clupeidae, Pristigasteridae, Elopidae) 72 346 418Javelin fish * (Pomadasys spp.) 35 35King threadfin (Polydactylus macrochir) 21 21Milk fish (Chanos chanos) 1 1Mullet * (Mugilidae) 149 125 274Ponyfish * (Leiognathidae) 366 366Queenfish * (Scomberoides spp.) 89 71 160River jew *(Johnius spp.) 419 419Scad * (Carangidae) 18 18Scats * (Scatophagidae) 10 10Sharks and rays * (multiple Families) 227 26 253Silverbiddies (Gerreidae) 24 24Snappers (Lutjanidae) * 2 2Snubnose dart (Trachinotus blochii) 42 42Sole * (Soleidae, Cynoglossidae) 1 1Sweetlips and emperors* (Haemulidae, Lethrinidae) 3 2 5Trevally * (Carangidae) 49 5 54Tripletail (Lobotidae) 3 3Whiting * (Sillago spp) 303 303Total 3211 1526 4737Crustaceans and molluscs Phase 1 Phase 2 TotalMoreton Bay bug * (Thenus spp.) 1 1Scallops (Pectinidae) 23 23Banana prawns (Fenneropenaeus merguiensis)266 (+ an additional 574 84085kg not quantified)Other prawns * (Penaeidae) 294 294Crabs - Not mud crabs * (Portunidae) 5 5Mud crabs (Sylla serrata) 1435 1599 3034Total2024 + (+ = 85kgbanana prawns)2173 4197+22
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Table 1. Number of fish from each site and sampling trip used for histopathology and chemical residuetesting. Note: 1 Denotes <strong>Gladstone</strong> Harbour and adjacent waterways, 2 denotes reference sites. Note dueto low sample numbers, sharks were used for histology only.Site Species collected per trip <strong>2012</strong>LakeAwoongaShark Mud crab Barramundi GrinnerApril/MayApril/MayJune/JulyApril/May5June/JulyApril/May5 51 5 55 5Upper Boyne5 5River 1Port Dev’tArea 1HamiltonPoint 1The Narrows 1 5 5<strong>Gladstone</strong>Trawl 1Fitzroy River 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5Bundaberg 2 1 5 5 5 5 5CalliopeRiver 1 3June/JulySummary of samples collectedDuring the course of fish health investigations conducted by <strong>Fish</strong>eries Queensland in<strong>Gladstone</strong> Harbour and surrounding waterways, approximately 9000 fish, crustaceans andmolluscs were sampled. Observations were made across a wide range of species and aresummarised in Table 2. Samples provided to Biosecurity Queensland for further testing havebeen summarised in Tables 3 and 4. Biosecurity numbers include some samples provided bysourcesother than <strong>Fish</strong>eries Queensland during Phase 1 (Table 3).21
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