Fish Movement and Migration

Bendigo,Victoria 28-29 September 1999

Donald A. Hancock, David C. Smith and John D. Koehn (editors)

Contents

Foreword
Pat Dixon (p iii)

Welcome and Introduction
David Smith (p 1)

Opening remarks from the FRDC
Alex Wells (p 2)

Overview Address - Unravelling mechanisms of fish migration: a 30-year perspective
Geoff Arnold (p )

Session 1 - Techniques for measuring

Chair’s Introduction
John Gunn (p 23)

Why use radio tags to study freshwater fish?
John D. Koehn (p 24)

Fishways as tools for monitoring movement patterns of large fish populations
Ivor Stuart (p 33)

Is there a role for ‘uncontrolled’ tagging in ‘real’ fisheries science?
Julian G. Pepperell (p 38)

Acoustic tracking
G. I. Arnold (p 44)

From plastic darts to pop-up satellite tags
John Gunn (p 55)

Acoustic tracking of small-scale movement in juvenile southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii)
David Mills, Caleb Gardner; Sam Ibbott and Simon Willcox (p 61)

Shark tagging: a brief history of methods
John Stevens (p 65)

Application of otolith chemistry to studies of fish movement and migration
Naomi Clear and John Kalish (p 69)

Discussion of Session 1
Chaired by John Gunn. Recorded by Barry Bruce (p 77)

Overview Address - Fish movements - the missing piece
John H. Eiler (p 85)

Session 2 -Environmental determinants, barriers and human interference

Chair's introduction and overview: Environmental determinants, barriers and human interference to the movements of fish
John D. Koehn (p 95)

Taking the mystery out of migration
Martin Mallen-Cooper (p 101)

Environmental cues in the reproductive migrations of brown trout (Salmo trutta) in Lake Eucumbene, New South Wales
R. D. J. Tilzey (p 112)

Environmental determinants of the movement and migration of juvenile southern bluefin tuna
John Gunn and Jock Young (p 123)

Overcoming physical barriers to fish migration
Tim O'Brien (p 129)

Sampling to detect the impact of barriers on fish movement
Em Marsden (p 135)

Characteristics of movement of adult King George whiting (Percoidei: Sillaginidae) in South Australian waters
A.J. Fowler and W A. March (p 136)

Migration and assessment of glass eels (Anguilla australis) in the Snowy River System, South-Eastem Ausualia
Lachlan J. McKinnon, Geoff J. Gooley and Richard J. Gasior (p 144)

Discussion of Session 2
Chaired by John Koehn. Recorded by Pam Clunie (p 148)

Session 3 - Analysis, interpretation and spatial models

Chair's Introduction
Andre E. Punt (p 159)

Modelling school shark (Caleorhinus galeus) movement in the Southern Shark Fishery
Terence I. Walker; Andre E. Punt, Bruce L. Taylor and Lauren P. Brown (p 160)

Do Bayesian concepts assist the ability to interpret migration and movement patterns of freshwater fish?
Simon Nicol (p 169)

Including spatial structure when conducting yield-per-recruit analysis
Andre E. Punt and Gurong Cui (p 176)

Directing experiments in freshwater ecology using spatial population models developed for freshwater fish
Charles R. Todd (p 183)

Preliminary analyses of migration and movement of adult, red-legged banana prawns in Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, Northern Australia
R. A. Kenyon, D. J. Die and N. R. Loneragan (p 191)

Computer visualisation of spatial models for communication and management
James Scandol (p 203)

A spatial representation of the tiger prawn (Penaeus esculentus) fishery in Shark Bay, Western Australia
N. G. Hall and R. A. Watson (p 212)

Discussion of Session 3
Chaired by Andre Punt. Recorded by Robin Thompson (p 231)

Session 4 - Management implications

Chair's Introduction
Nick Rayns (p 239)

The fishery for Australian salmon: management issues
Stephen McComack (p 240)

Management implications for movement and migration in a rock lobster fishery
Will Zucharin (p 244)

Managing Pacific tuna fish: an Australian perspective
Dorothea Huber (p 245)

Fisheries management implications of barriers to movement and migration by fish in New South Wales
Andrew C. Sanger (p 246)

Thc challenge of spatially managing fish movement and migration throughout Northern Australia: the experience with tropical snappers
Ray Clarke (p 252)

Tasmanian whitebait - a multi-species fishery targeting migrating fishes
Wayne Fulton (p 256)

Management implications of fish movement and migration - the role of the consultant (p 261)

Discussion of Session 4
Chaired by Nick Rayns. Recorded by Patrick C. Coutin (p 264)

Session 5 - General Discussion

Chaired by David C. Smith. Recorded by Alexander Morison (p 270)

Workshop Programme (p 274)

Abstracts from ASFB 1999 Annual Conference (p 276)

Conference Posters from ASFB 1999 Annual Conference (p 280)

List of participants (p 282)