In situ time-stamping of abalone shells to determine how abalone stocks can be aged.

Funded Activity Summary

Objectives:
1. This project will determine the timing and regularity of the calcite layers deposited under the spire of abalone shells, through extensive field based tagging and "timestamp" marking of abalone.
2. We propose to achieve objective 1 for populations of blacklip abalone at three sites in Victoria, three sites in Tasmania and one site in New South Wales; and also for populations of greenlip abalone at two sites in South Australia.
3. We aim to determine how to interpret the layers in abalone shells, how reliable such interpretations are, and how layer formation may vary between localities.
4. We will use this information to determine the age distribution of abalone at a number of sites.
5. We aim to be able to predict where and how layers can be used to age abalone in stocks in Southern Australia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 13-07-1995

End Date: 15-09-2002

Funding Scheme: Funding Scheme not available

Funding Amount: $249,980.00

Funder: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation

Research Topics

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Other Keywords

Ageing | Analytics | Animal Health | Biology | Biomass | Fisheries Management | Physiology | Shellfish Industry | Stock Assessment | Tagging

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