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dc.contributor.authorMelville Smith, R.
dc.contributor.authorJohnston, D.
dc.contributor.authorMaguire, G.
dc.contributor.authorPhillips, Bruce
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:05:21Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:05:21Z
dc.date.created2010-02-04T20:02:20Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.citationMelville 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.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8237
dc.description.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.

dc.publisherDepartment of Fisheries
dc.subjectwestern rock lobster
dc.subjectdiet
dc.subjectshelter
dc.subjectdensity
dc.subjectPueruli
dc.subjectpost-pueruli
dc.subjectfatty acid
dc.subjectfeeding frequency
dc.subjectlipid
dc.subjectsurvival
dc.subjectPanulirus cygnus
dc.subjectgrowth
dc.subjecttemperature
dc.titleFisheries Research Contract Report
dc.typeBook
dcterms.source.volume19
dcterms.source.startPage193
dcterms.source.endPage215
dcterms.source.seriesEstablishing post-pueruli growout data for Western Rock Lobsters
dcterms.source.isbn1877098949
dcterms.source.placePerth
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultySchool of Agriculture and Environment
curtin.facultyFaculty of Science and Engineering
curtin.facultyDepartment of Environmental Biology


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