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The Fisheries Research Reports (ISSN: 1035 - 4549) series contain technical and scientific information that represents an important contribution to the existing knowledge, but which may not be suitable for publication in national or international scientific journals. 

The following fisheries research reports are available online:

  • Fisheries research report No. 240 - Fisheries and Marine Officers recreational fishing survey: 1998/99 - 2009/10, January 2013.
  • Fisheries research report No. 238 - Identification of critical habitats for juvenile dhufish (Glaucosoma hebraicum). NRM Project 09038 – Protecting Inshore and Demersal Finfish, October 2012.
  • Fisheries research report No. 237 - Mapping shallow water habitats of the Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, using remote sensing techniques, October 2012.
  • Fisheries research report No. 236a - Western Rock Lobster Ecology - The State of Knowledge. Addendum, January 2013.
  • Fisheries research report No. 236 - Western Rock Lobster Ecology - The State of Knowledge; Marine Stewardship - Council Principle 2: Maintenance of Ecosystem, September 2012.
  • Fisheries research report No. 235 - National Application of Sustainability Indicators for Australian Fisheries- Part 2: Ecosystem based frameworks for aquaculture, multi-fishery and international applications, July 2012.
  • Fisheries research report No. 234 - Evaluating the potential use of change-in-ratio and index removal techniques for determining harvest rates and efficiency increases in the Western Rock Lobster Fishery, June 2012.
  • Fisheries research report No. 232 - Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Investigation of Chlamydiales-like organisms in pearl oysters, Pinctada maxima, September 2012.
  • Fisheries research report No. 231 - Relative efficiency of fishing gears and investigation of resource availability in tropical demersal scalefish fisheries, September 2012.
  • Fisheries research report No. 230 - Aquatic animal health subprogram: Development of a DNA microarray to identify markers of disease in pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) and to assess overall, June 2012.
  • Fisheries research report No. 229 - Minimising gear conflict and resource sharing issues in the Shark Bay trawl fisheries and promotion of scallop recruitment, May 2012.
  • Fisheries research report No. 228 - Biology and stock status of inshore demersal scalefish indicator species in the Gascoyne, July 2012.
  • Fisheries research report No. 227 - Assessment of the risks associated with the release of abalone sourced from Abalone Hatcheries for enhancement or marine grow-out in the open ocean areas of WA, May 2012.
  • Fisheries research report No. 226 - Stock Assessment for the Shark Bay Scallop Fishery, December 2011.
  • Fisheries research report No. 225 - Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management case study report West Coast Bioregion, November 2011.
  • Fisheries research report No. 224 - Spatial distribution of shore-based fishers in the greater Perth Metropolitan area over summer 2010/2011. Final NRM Report - Project No. 09040, November 2011.
  • Fisheries research report No. 223 - Assessing and managing interactions of protected and listed marine species with commercial fisheries in Western Australia. Report to the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, December 2011.
  • Fisheries research report No. 222 - The "marine heat wave" off Western Australia during the summer of 2010/11, September 2011.
  • Fisheries research report No. 221 - Pilot evaluation of the efficacy of electronic monitoring on a demersal gillnet vessel as an alternative to human observers, August 2011.
  • Fisheries research report No. 219 - Status of the Cockburn Sound Crab Fishery, October 2011.
  • Fisheries research report No. 218 - Assessing possible environmental causes behind the reduced colonisation of Western Rock Lobster puerulus collectors by a wide suite of species. FRDC project 2008/085, April 2011.
  • Fisheries research report No. 217 - Stock Assessment for the West Coast Rock Lobster Fishery, March 2012.
  • Fisheries research report No. 216 - ​Quantifying recreational fishing catch and effort: a pilot study of shore-based fishers in the Perth Metropolitan area. Final NRM Report - Project No. 09040, April 2011.
  • Fisheries research report No. 215 - Development of an ecosystem approach to the mintoring and management of Western Australian fisheries FRDC Report - Project 2005/063, January 2011.
  • Fisheries research report No. 214 - Human Capacity Building for Introduced Marine Pest Monitoring in Western Australia. FRDC Report - Project 2009/319 Tactical Research Fund, January 2011.
  • Fisheries research report No. 213 - Fisheries-dependent indicators of climate change in Western Australia (WAMSI Sub-project 4.2.3), December 2010.
  • Fisheries research report No. 212 - Ranked Risk Assessment for Bycatch in Multiple Fisheries: a Bioregional Risk Assessment Method, October 2010.
  • Fisheries research report No. 211 - Evaluation of the recreational marron fishery against enviromental change and human interaction. Final report to Fisheries Research and Development Corporation on Project No. 2003/027, September 2010.
  • Fisheries research report No. 210 - Protecting Inshore and Demersal Finfish - Identification of Critical Habitats for Juvenile Dhufish, August 2010.
  • Fisheries research report No. 209 - Evaluating source-sink relationships of the western rock lobster fishery using oceanographic modelling. Final report, Fisheries Research and Development Corporation Project No. 2008/087, October 2010.
  • Fisheries research report No. 208 - Review of the exploitation of marine resources of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories: the implications of biogeographic isolation for tropical island fisheries, August 2010.
  • Fisheries research report No. 207 - Actions to implement and complement the National System for the Prevention and Management of Introduced Marine Pests in Western Australia, June 2010.
  • Fisheries research report No. 206 - Strategic framework for marine and coastal resource condition monitoring in the Pilbara and Kimberley regions of Western Australia. Coastal and Marine Resource Condition Monitoring - Scoping Project. Final NRM Report, Project 073007 - Part 3, July 2010.
  • Fisheries research report No. 205 - Field trial of potential resource condition indicators, and an exploration of the utility of remote sensing, for mangroves and intertidal mud flats in the Pilbara - Pilot study. Coastal and Marine Resource Condition Monitoring - Scoping Project, April 2010.
  • Fisheries research report No. 204 - WA Native Fish Strategy: Freshwater fish distribution database and website. Prepared for: Natural Resource Management (NRM) office. NRM Project No. 063059, March 2010.
  • Fisheries research report No. 203 - The Volunteer Fisheries Liaison Officer (VGLO) program: an analysis of recreational fishing data from 1995 - 2007, March 2010.
  • Fisheries research report No. 202 - Codium fragile ssp. fragile (Suringar) Hariot ssummary document, March 2010.
  • Fisheries research report No. 201 - A Community-Based Moniteoring Program for Introduced Marine Pests, March 2010.
  • Fisheries research report No. 200 - Hull Camera: Preliminary Design and Testing of its use for Assessing Biofouling on Small (<12m) Recreational Vessels, March 2010.
  • Fisheries research report No. 199 - The effect of western rock lobster fishing on the deepwater ecosystems of the west coast of Western Australia. Final FRDC Report, Project 2004/049., February 2010.
  • Fisheries research report No. 198 - Development towards commercialization of marine fish larvae feeds - Microdiets. Project No. 2004/258., June 2010.
  • Fisheries research report No. 195 - Compliance Program Evaluation and Optimisation in Commercial and Recreational Western Australian Fisheries, November 2009.
  • Fisheries research report No. 194 - Conceptual models for Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) in Western Australia, August 2009.
  • Fisheries research report No. 193 - Investigating Reproductive Biology Issues Relevant to Managing the Western Rock Lobster Broodstock. Final FRDC Report – Project 2003/005, June 2009.
  • Fisheries research report No. 191 - Maximising survival of released undersize west coast reef fish, May 2009.
  • Fisheries research report No. 183 - Development of a long-term program to monitor coastal communities within the Swan region, February 2009.
  • Fisheries research report No. 163 - Spatial scales of exploitation among populations of demersal scalefish: implications for management. Part 1: Stock status of the key indicator species for the demersal scalefish fishery in the West Coast Bioregion. Final FRDC Report – Project 2003/052, September 2007.
  • Fisheries research report No. 151 - Biology and stock assessment of the thickskin (sandbar) shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, in Western Australia and further refinement of the dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus, stock assessment. Final FRDC Report – Project 2000/134, December 2005.
  • Fisheries research report No. 134 - V2 - Towards an assessment of the natural and human use impacts on the marine environment of the Abrolhos Islands. Volume 2: Strategic research and development plan, March 2002.
  • Fisheries research report No. 134 - V1 - Towards an assessment of the natural and human use impacts on the marine environment of the Abrolhos Islands. Volume 1: Summary of existing information and current levels of human use, April 2002.
  • Fisheries research report No. 122 - Western rock lobster mail surveys of licensed recreational fishers 1986/87 to 1998/99, June 2000.
  • Fisheries research report No. 112 - Enhancement of yabby production from Western Australian farm dams. Final Report, FRDC Project 94/075, October 1998.
  • Fisheries research contract report No. 23 - Boat-based Recreational Fishing Catch and Effort in Cockburn Sound and Owen Anchorage during 1996/97, 2001/02 and 2005/06, May 2012.
  • Fisheries research contract report No. 22 - Aquatic Fauna - Biological Survey. Ten Mile Brook Dam Margaret River, April 2010.
  • Fisheries research contract report No. 17 - Improved performance of marron using genetic and pond management strategies, March 2007.

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