Project number:
2004-049
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$1,783,713.00
Principal Investigator:
Lynda Bellchambers
Organisation:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Project start/end date:
14 Aug 2004
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30 Jul 2008
Contact:
FRDC
SPECIES
The Scientific Reference Group (SRG), including Drs Alistar Robertson, Simon Thrush, Andrew Heyward, John Keesing, Colin Buxton, Chris Simpson and Jim Penn, was formed as an independent body to provide advice on research directions, to examine the effects of western rock lobster fishing on the ecosystem. The SRG identified that there is a major gap in the understanding of the interactions between the rock lobster fishery and the ecosystem in deep water. Although significant data is available on the shallow (
1. To identify gradients in the density/size distribution of western rock lobster to enable selection of representative areas.
2. To assess the catchability of western rock lobster and its relationship with population abundance and size structure
3. To identify the relationship between the deep-water habitat and the density/size distribution of western rock lobster to enable a preliminary evaluation of the impact of lobster biomass removal in the deep-water
