The fisheries research reports series contains technical and scientific information that represents an important contribution to the existing knowledge, but which may not be suitable for publication in national or international scientific journals.
Reports from 2012
Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Development of a DNA microarray to identify markers of disease in pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) and to assess overall oyster health: Final FRDC Report – Project 2008/030, David Raftos, Sham Nair, Melanie Croxford, and Brian J. Jones
Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Investigation of Chlamydiales-like organisms in pearl oysters, Pinctada maxima FRDC Project 2008/031, Melanie Croxford and Brian J. Jones
Evaluating the potential use of change-in-ratio and index removal techniques for determining harvest rates and efficiency increases in the Western Rock Lobster Fishery FRDC Project 2009/019, Simon de Lestang, J Hoeing, Stuart Frusher, and Norman G. Hall
Relative efficiency of fishing gears and investigation of resource availability in tropical demersal scalefish fisheries FRDC REPORT – PROJECT 2006/031, Stephen J. Newman, Euan S. Harvey, Ben M. Rome, Dianne L. McLean, and Craig L. Skepper
Minimising gear conflict and resource sharing issues in the Shark Bay trawl fisheries and promotion of scallop recruitment, Mervi I. Kangas, Arani Chandrapavan, Y L. Hetzel, and Erroll C. Sporer
Stock Assessment for the West Coast Rock Lobster Fishery, Simon de Lestang, Nick Caputi, Jason How, Roy Melville-Smith, Adrian Thomson, and Peter Stephenson
Reports from 2011
Stock Assessment for the Shark Bay Scallop Fishery, Mervi Kangas, Errol Brown, Marie Shanks, Arani Chandrapavan, and Adrian Thomson
Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management case study report West Coast Bioregion, Warrick J. Fletcher, Jennifer Shaw, Daniel J. Gaughan, and Sarah J. Metcalf
Spatial distribution of shore-based fishers in the greater Perth Metropolitan area over summer 2010/2011, Claire B. Smallwood, Emily A. Fisher, Brent S. Wise, and Daniel J. Gaughan
Status of the Cockburn Sound Crab Fishery, Danielle Johnston, David Harris, Nick Caputi, Simon de Lestang, and Adrian Thomson
The “marine heat wave” off Western Australia during the summer of 2010/11, Alan Pearce, Gary Jackson, Jenny Moore, Ming Feng, and Daniel J. Gaughan
Assessment of the risks associated with the release of abalone sourced from Abalone Hatcheries for enhancement or marine grow-out in the open ocean areas of WA, Brian J. Jones and Warrick Fletcher
Pilot evaluation of the efficacy of electronic monitoring on a demersal gillnet vessel as an alternative to human observers, R Evans and Brett Molony
Assessing possible environmental causes behind the reduced colonisation of western rock lobster puerulus collectors by a wide suite of species. FRDC report : project 2008/085, Simon de Lestang, Jason How, and Shelley Foster
Quantifying recreational fishing catch and effort: a pilot study of shore-based fishers in the Perth Metropolitan area, Claire B. Smallwood, K H. Pollock, Brent S. Wise, Norman G. Hall, and Daniel J. Gaughan
Human Capacity Building for Introduced Marine Pest Monitoring in Western Australia FRDC Report – Project 2009/319 Tactical Research Fund, Matthew Hourston and Samantha Bridgwood
Development of an ecosystem approach to the monitoring and management of Western Australian fisheries. Final FRDC report : project 2005/063, Norman G. Hall and Brent S. Wise
Reports from 2010
Fisheries-dependent indicators of climate change in Western Australia WAMSI:Sub-project 4.2.3, Nick Caputi and Alan Pearce
Evaluating source-sink relationships of the western rock lobster fishery using oceanographic modelling: Final FRDC Report – Project 2008/087, Nick Caputi, Ming Feng, James Penn, Dirk Slawinski, Simon de Lestang, Evan Weller, and Alan Pearce
Ranked Risk Assessment for Bycatch in Multiple Fisheries: a Bioregional Risk Assessment Method, Richard Evans and Brett W. Molony
Evaluation of the recreational marron fishery against environmental change and human interaction: Final FRDC Report – Project No. 2003/027, Martin de Graaf, Stephen Beatty, and Brett M. Molony
Protecting Inshore and Demersal Finfish Identification of Critical Habitats for Juvenile Dhufish Workshop Report, Gabby E. Mitsopoulos and Brett W. Molony
Coastal and Marine Resource Condition Monitoring – Scoping Project: Final NRM Report – Project 073007, Brett A. Human
Actions to implement and complement the National System for the Prevention and Management of Introduced Marine Pests in Western Australia, Fred E. Wells and Justin I. McDonald
Development towards commercialization of marine fish larvae feeds – Microdiets: Final FRDC report - Project 2004/258, Sagiv Kolkovski, John Curnow, and Justin King
Coastal and Marine Resource Condition Monitoring – Scoping Project, Brett A. Human
WA Native Fish Strategy: Freshwater fish distribution database and website: Prepared for the Natural Resource Management (NRM) Office – NRM Project No. 063059, Roy Melville-Smith, Renae Larsen, Martin de Graaf, and Craig Lawrence
The effect of western rock lobster fishing on the deepwater ecosystems of the west coast of Western Australia, Lynda Bellchambers Dr
The efficacy of sanctuary areas for the management of fish stocks and biodiversity in WA waters, James W. Penn and Warrick J. Fletcher
A Community-Based Monitoring Program for Introduced Marine Pests, Samantha D. Bridgwood and Justin I. McDonald
Codium fragile ssp. fragile (Suringar) Hariot summary document, Samantha Bridgwood
Hull Camera: Preliminary Design and Testing of its use for Assessing Biofouling on Small (<12 >m) Recreational Vessels, Samantha D. Bridgwood
The Volunteer Fisheries Liaison Officer (VFLO) program: an analysis of recreational fishing data from 1995 - 2007, Claire B. Smallwood, Adrian Thomson, David Harris, and Danielle Johnston
Reports from 2007
Fisheries research report 165: biological and fisheries data for managing deep sea crabs in Western Australia - Project 2001/055, Roy Melville-Smith, S M. Norton, and Adrian W. Thomson
Reports from 1998
Identifying the developmental stages for eggs of the Australian pilchard, Sardinops sagax, K. V. White and W. J. Fletcher
