DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES ANNUAL REPORT TO THE ...
DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES ANNUAL REPORT TO THE ...
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AgENCy PERFORMANCE � SERvICE 3 – RESEARCH AND MONI<strong>TO</strong>RINg<br />
• An FRDC project on the investigation of<br />
Chlamydiales-like organisms in pearl oysters<br />
will be finalised.<br />
• An FRDC-funded project to investigate viral<br />
inclusions in Australian prawns will be started.<br />
• Fresh water bodies and species for<br />
rehabilitation, restocking and feral eradication<br />
will be prioritised, based upon data from our<br />
2010 survey.<br />
• Restocking of native fish will commence in<br />
priority water bodies.<br />
• The community education display at the<br />
Pemberton Freshwater Research Centre will be<br />
completed and the hatchery re-opened to tours<br />
by the general public.<br />
Stock Assessment and Data Analysis<br />
• Assist development and integration of the<br />
Department’s new entitlement management<br />
system to ensure integrity of historical and<br />
future time series of catch and effort data for<br />
the state’s commercial fisheries.<br />
• Data collection for the survey of state-wide<br />
boat-based fishing will conclude, and detailed<br />
analyses will begin.<br />
• Build capacity in stock assessment to<br />
improve ability to meet the needs of fisheries<br />
management.<br />
Finfish<br />
• An NRM-funded project to determine<br />
connectivity and status of key indicator<br />
species in the nearshore waters of the West<br />
Coast Bioregion will be finalised.<br />
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• Cooperative FRDC-funded projects will be<br />
completed that examine the relative efficiency<br />
of gear and resource availability in the tropical<br />
demersal fisheries and the stock structure<br />
of blue and king threadfin species across<br />
northern Australia.<br />
• Reports will be finalised and released on<br />
the stock status of the Gascoyne demersal<br />
scalefish resource.<br />
• An NRM-funded project on the monitoring of<br />
juvenile dhufish, including identifying options for<br />
future monitoring programs will be finalised.<br />
• Northern and southern finfish monitoring<br />
and assessment plans will be finalised<br />
and implemented to support departmental<br />
planning processes.<br />
• The commencement of an FRDC-funded project<br />
led by researchers at the CSIRO and aimed at<br />
collecting and identifying larval dhufish in the<br />
West Coast Bioregion will be supported.<br />
• An FRDC-funded project to examine the<br />
movements and linkages of key shark species<br />
among the bioregions will begin.
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