Establishing baselines and assessing vulnerability of commercially harvested corals across northern Australia (Old ID 22174)

Fisheries Research & Development Corporation
Morgan Pratchett
Role

Principal Investigator

Description

This project is critically important to provide necessary data on the distribution, abundance and biology of commonly harvested corals across northern Australia, both to ensure that current harvest levels and practices are sustainable and address legislative requirements for harvesting and exporting species listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

Date

04 Jun 2015 - 01 Jul 2020

Project Type

GRANT

Keywords

Corals;aquarium fishery;Stock Assessment;Population Structure;Vulnerability

Funding Body

Fisheries Research & Development Corporation

Amount

384300

Project Team

Vanessa Messmer