Improving marketability through translocation: A lobster case study from southern Australia

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1842-1851

  Chandrapavan, Arani ^a,d   Gardner, Caleb ^a   Green, Bridget S ^a   Linnane, Adrian ^b   Hobday, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

lobster fishery; marketability; shell colour; stock enhancement; value add

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; COLOR; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DEEP WATER; EXPLOITATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LOBSTER FISHERY; MARKET SYSTEM; MOLT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SHALLOW WATER; STOCK ENHANCEMENT; TRANSLOCATION; VALUATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EUNEPHROPS BAIRDII; JASUS EDWARDSII; JASUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; LOBSTER;

EID: 80051974203     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr128     Document Type: Article

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