Fisheries Report No 35 - Fish and exploited crustaceans of the Swan-Canning estuary

Authors

R C.J. Lenanton, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Western AustraliaFollow

Publication Date

1978

Series Number

Fisheries Report 35

Publisher

Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Western Australia

City

Perth

Abstract

Fishes of the Swan-Canning estuarine system are typical of those found in other lower west coast estuarine systems of Western Australia. Species representing three families of elasmobranchs, several of which are commercially important, twenty families of teleosts, and two families of crustaceans (Table 1) commonly occur in this estuarine system. The many other species which occur less commonly in the Swan- Canning estuary are mostly members of the additional families listed in Table l.

The information contained in this document was made available for use by the authors of the following two publications : -

Forbes and Fitzkardinge (1977) Swan and Canning Rivers Activity Study. Report prepared for the Department of Conservation and Environment, Perth, Western Australia.

Riggert, T. (Ed) (1978). The Swan River Estuary - Development Management and Preservation ( Govt. Printer: Perth, Western Australia).

Number of Pages

38

Keywords

Fish, Crustaceans, Swan-Canning Estuary, Western Australia

Disciplines

Aquaculture and Fisheries | Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment | Environmental Monitoring | Marine Biology | Natural Resources and Conservation | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Sustainability

Recommended Citation

Lenanton, R C. (1978), Fisheries Report No 35 - Fish and exploited crustaceans of the Swan-Canning estuary. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Western Australia, Perth. Report Fisheries Report 35.
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