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    Fisheries Research Contract Report

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    Open access
    Authors
    Melville Smith, R.
    Johnston, D.
    Maguire, G.
    Phillips, Bruce
    Date
    2009
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Type
    Book
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    Abstract

    Previous studies have shown that large numbers, potentially of commercial quantities, of pueruli and post-pueruli can be harvested from Western Australian waters. At this stage, this appears to be unique in Australia. The same research concluded that harvesting of post-pueruli was likely to have little impact on the commercial fishery and that there could be ways to make post-pueruli removal biologically neutral. There is commercial interest in ongrowing western rock lobster post-pueruli to a marketable size, but basic data on growth and survival under a range of culture conditions was lacking. This project provides much of the essential biological information (growth rates, survival, feed consumption, food conversion, health) under a range of culture variables (flow rates, density, shelter, temperature, feed frequency) to assist potential investors in assessing the economic potential of western rock lobster growout.

    Citation
    Melville Smith, Roy and Johnston, Danielle and Maguire, G and Phillips, Bruce . 2009. Fisheries Research Contract Report. Establishing post-pueruli growout data for Western Rock Lobsters. Perth: Department of Fisheries.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8237
    Faculty
    School of Agriculture and Environment
    Faculty of Science and Engineering
    Department of Environmental Biology

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