Publication Date
8-1987
Series Number
No. 11
Publisher
Fisheries Department Perth Western Australia.
City
Perth
Abstract
Studies of the biology of the saucer scallop Amusium balloti in Shark Bay show that it is a highly fecund, broadcast spawner, with a long breeding season (from April to December). It is also a fast growing species, with the bulk of the recruits from a breeding season reasing fishable size by April/May of the next year, at which time they also enter their first breeding season. In recent years, however, the earlier part of the breeding season appears to have been the most important for production of recruits.
Number of Pages
132
Keywords
Fishery management, Scallop fisheries, Amusium balloti, Historical account, Shark Bay - Western Australia.
Disciplines
Aquaculture and Fisheries | Biology | Marine Biology
Recommended Citation
Joll, L M.
(1987), The Shark Bay Scallop Fishery: discussion paper. Fisheries Department Perth Western Australia., Perth. Report No. 11.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/fr_fmp/8
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