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2001 Workshop/Conference

"Towards sustainability of data-limited
multi-sector fisheries"

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  Conference Schedule

  Wednesday Sept 26th

 

Grand Ballroom

9.00 -
9.30
Opening address
Andrew Sanger

West Ballroom

Pg

East Ballroom

Pg

Barons Room

Pg

10:30 - 11:00

Morning Break

Modelling

Inland Fisheries & Freshwater Issues

Post Larval Processes and recruitment

11:00 - 11:20

An experimental approach to determination of effort levels in the pilbara trawl and trap fisheries.

92

Molecular systematic study of some Australian desert fishes with respect to their evolution, biogeography and conservation status.

37

Do effects on juveniles control the stock-recruitment relation in abalone?

41
Peter Stephenson Bostock, Bernadette and Laurenson, Laurie Rob Day, Sylvain Huchette, Cameron Dixon and Scoresby Shepherd

 

11:20 - 11:40

Bayesian state-space surplus production model outperforms classical alternative

60

Molecular systematics and conservation biology of the Southern Pygmy Perch

57

The effects of density on the growth, survival and behaviour of post-larval Haliotis laevigata

51
Simon D. Hoyle Michael Hammer, Mark Adams and Keith Walker

Patrick Gilmour  

11:40 - 12:00

Modelling for management of longfin eels Anguilla reinhardtii , with comparison to A. australis and A. dieffenbachii

61

Distribution, population structure and habitat preferences of the endangered Oxleyan Pygmy Perch Nannoperca oxleyana near Evans Head, north-eastern New South Wales.

67

Effect of density on the growth of post-larvae and juvenile blacklip abalone in aquaculture

62
Simon D. Hoyle Jamie Knight Sylvain Huchette, Sabine Daume and Benny Koh

 

12:00 - 12:20

Movement of male and female school shark in southern Australia

94

What Galaxias can teach us about biogeography on a global, regional, and local level.

36

Relationships between antecedent daily discharges and fish recruitment in the Murray-Darling River, Australia.

52
Bruce L. Taylor, Terence I. Walker and Lauren P. Brown

Tim M. Berra Ivor Growns, Peter Gehrke and Bruce Chessman

 

  Wednesday Sept 26 th cont …

West Ballroom Pg East Ballroom Pg Barons Room Pg

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch

Management Issues

Aging & otoliths

13:30 - 13:50

The conservation overview and action plan for Australian threatened and potentially threatened marine and estuarine fishes

86

Carp ( Cyprinus carpio l ) in Australian waterways: a perfect invader at the right time.

68

The application of otolith microchemistry to the study of migratory dynamics and nursery origins of snapper, Pagrus auratus, in Victorian waters.

56
D.A. Pollard, J.J. Pogonoski and J.R. Paxton

John Koehn Paul Hamer, Greg Jenkins, Bronwyn Gillanders  

13:50 - 14:10

The WA Spanish Mackerel Fishery: biology and management

74

Activity patterns of Giant Kokopu ( Galaxias argenteus ) during 24 hour periods: a summer/winter comparison

40

Estimation of the current age structure of mirror dory

39
Michael Mackie Bruno David, Gerry Closs Julia Curtain & Ian Knuckey

 

Recreational Fishing

14:10 - 14:30

Listing of threatened fish in NSW – a review of the first three years.

89

The national recreational fishing survey – an innovative methodology

72

A super-abundant year class, but regional variation for snapper ( Pagrus auratus ) in South Australia.

47
Andrew C Sanger Jeremy Lyle, Laurie West, Anne Coleman and Gary Henry

Anthony J. Fowler  

14:30 - 14:50

Rock lobsters, reserves and redundancy

76

The indigenous fishing survey in northern Australia – another methodological challenge

38

Evidence for multiple age-classes in a spawning population of the Giant Australian Cuttlefish.

55
Stephen Mayfield, Lara J Atkinson and George M Branch

Anne Coleman, Laurie West and Gary Henry Karina C. Hall  

15:00 - 15:30

Afternoon Break

15:30 - 16:00

Poster presentations

Posters will be displayed in the atrium

16:00 - 16:20

Towards ecologically sustainable development of Australian fisheries

78

Assessing the recreational rock lobster fishery in Tasmania: issues and future options

70

Thermal marking of rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) otoliths

44
Frances B Michaelis Jane Lacey and Jeremy Lyle

R.A. Faragher  

16:20 - 16:40

Estimation of the recreational catch of abalone in Western Australia

34

Otolith marking of rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) fry by immersion in low concentrations of alizarin complexone.

96
Tara Baharthah Bryan Van der Walt

 

16:40 - 17:00

Recreational catch and fishing effort for pink snapper in shark bay, Western Australia

75

Using elemental chemistry of otoliths to determine movements of fishes: spatial and temporal variation

50
Ben Malseed, Neil Sumner, Peta Williamson And Elizabeth Roberts

Bronwyn m. Gillanders

20:00 - 21:30

Special Presentation - Tim Berra

32

  Thursday Sept 27th

West Ballroom Pg East Ballroom Pg Barons Room Pg

Habitat utilisation & Dynamics of Fish Assemblages

Fish Biology – General

Fisheries Development, Issues and Fishery Reviews

9:00 - 9:20

Understanding the effect of density and habitat on the movement of blacklip abalone, Haliotis rubra .

43

Size and age at 50% maturity in southern bluefin tuna. An integrated view from published information and new data from the spawning ground.

45

Queensland fisheries service – long term monitoring program.

65
Cameron Dixon Tim Davis, Jessica Farley and John Gunn.

Eddie Jebreen  

9:20 - 9:40

Beam trawls, what a drag, why seines are better.

54

Population structure and reproduction of Yellowfin Whiting ( Sillago schomburgkii ) in South Australia

46

Identification, conservation and management of estuarine and marine nurseries for fish and invertebrates

49
Michaela A. Guest, Rod M. Connolly and Neil R. Loneragan

Greg Ferguson, Tony Fowler and Paul Jennings Bronwyn M. Gillanders  

9:40 - 10:00

Differences in fish assemblages from different reef habitats in Hamelin Bay, southwestern Australia.

58

The biology of the West Australian Dhufish Laucosoma hebraicum

59

BRD implementation in Western Australian trawl fisheries

66
Nicole Harman S.A. Hesp, I.C. Potter and N.G. Hall

Mervi I Kangas, A Thomson  

10:00 - 10:20

Acid avoidance behavior in juvenile snapper, Pagrus auratus

69

The reproductive biology of the common Sawshark ( Pristiophorus cirratus ) harvested off southern Australia

63

Review of the Timor Reef fishery (Northern Territory) 1990-2000

71
Kroon, Frederieke J. & G.P. Housefield Russell J. Hudson, Terence I. Walker, and Robert W. Day

J.A. Lloyd  

10:30 - 11:00

Morning tea

11:00 - 11:20

Fish fauna in solar salt fields:

The impact of salinity on the diversity of fishes.

79

Systematics and ecology of Polychaetes that bore in abalone shells in Victoria.

77

Poor understanding of complex fish-ecosystem interactions may result in failure to detect global warming impacts: an example using the WA pilchard fishery.

48
Brett Molony and Gareth Parry Huon Mcdiarmid, Robin Wilson, Rob Day.

Gaughan, D.J.  

11:20 - 11:40

The role of physical disturbance in determining fish assemblage structure and post-settlement planktonic dispersal

80

Biological monitoring of the decommissioned HMAS Swan artificial reef, Dunsborough, Western Australia

82

The humble mullet.

90
Moran Sean, Jenkins Gregory, Keough Michael, Hindell Jeremy, & Black Kerry

Morrison, P.F. and Morrison, S.M. Smith, Kim  

11:40 - 12:00

Characteristics of the fish fauna of nearshore unvegetated habitats in Shark Bay, Western Australia

84

Maturity of Photololigo etheridgei and its application to the management of squid fisheries in NSW

83

Release mortality of line caught pink snapper – a study in depth

91
Matthew B. Pember; Supervisor: I.C. Potter

Katie O’Donnell Jill StJohn and Mike Moran  

12:00 - 12:20

Fish faunas of unvegetated and vegetated habitats in shark bay, Western Australia

95

Development of the Port Jackson Shark embryo.

87

Stock structure of pink snapper ( Pagrus auratus ) in Shark Bay: new genetic evidence at a finer spatial scale

35
Michael J. Travers; Supervisor: I.C. Potter

Kate Rodda and Roger Seymour G.A. Baudains and R.A. Stekis  

  Thursday Sept 27 th cont …

West Ballroom Pg East Ballroom Pg Barons Room Pg

12:30 - 1:30

Lunch

13:30 - 13:50

The influence of the Dawesville Channel on the fish fauna of the shallows of the Peel-Harvey Estuary

97

Observations of sperm in the oviducal gland of the Gummy Shark, Mustelus antarcticus

93

Quantification and survival of bycatch in Victorian haul seine fisheries

81

Glen C. Young Megan T. Storrie, Terence I. Walker, Laurie Laurenson, William C. Hamlett

Alexander K. Morison, Ian A. Knuckey, and David K. Ryan  

13:50 - 14:10

The fish communities of the Mary River coastal wetlands: implications of saline intrusion control bunds

42

Experimental investigation of the cues controlling sex-change in the Chinaman Cod, Epinephelus rivulatus.

73

What can be done about the systemic overfishing in the south east trawl fishery?

88
Paul De Lestang and Roland Griffin

Michael Mackie Kevin Rowling  

14:10 - 14:30

Fish faunas of a temperate estuary and nearby embayment in Bunbury

85

Artificial reefs : their effects on fish stocks

64
Platell, M.E., Potter, I.C. Tiivel, D.J., and Chalmer, P.N.

Eddie Jebreen  

14:30 - 14:50

What types of snags do Trout Cod use?

Ian Wooden, Ivor Growns and Craig Schiller

53

3:00 - 3:30

Afternoon tea

15:30 - 16:30

Annual General Meeting

 

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