2002 ASFB Annual Conference

The effects of spatial and temporal factors on the abundance of seven key finfish species along south-western Australia.
Suzanne Ayvazian and Henry Cheng

Fisheries of the Mekong River
Chris Barlow

Habitat Differences in the Presence of Late Stage Larvae in a Rocky Fish Community: Implications for Conservation
Ricardo Beldade, Rita Borges and Emanuel Gonçalves

Broad-scale movements of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in Australian waters
Barry Bruce, John Stevens and Hamish Malcolm

GENEtag: Pilot Studies Using Genetic Tagging to Monitor Fishing Mortality Rates and Catchability in Northern Australian Fisheries: A New Technique With Potential for Broad Application.
Rik Buckworth, Jenny Ovenden, Simon Hoyle, and Geoff McPherson

Translocated Native Fish in Waterways of Northern Queensland
Damien Burrows

PRESENTATION 1: Age and Growth of the Endangered Eastern Freshwater Cod (Maccullochella ikei) in the Mann-Nymboida Rivers of Northern NSW.
Gavin Butler

Movement Patterns and Habitat Preference of the Endangered Eastern Freshwater Cod (Maccullochella ikei) in the Mann-Nymboida Rivers of Northern NSW.
Gavin Butler

Comparison of time dependant effects in two different methods of reef fish sampling.
Gary Carlos

Salinity Tolerance and Sublethal Effects in Fingerling Murray Cod
Piyapong Chotipuntu, Tom Ryan and Tim O'Brien

Bycatch composition and the effect of bycatch reduction devices in the Queensland trawl fishery.
Tony Courtney, Keith Chilcott, Anthony Courtney, Shane Gaddes, Peter Kyne and Mark Tonks

Density Dependent Responses in Greenlip Abalone
Rob Day, Cameron Dixon and Sylvain Hucette

Outplanting the seeds of success; Abalone stock enhancement.
Cameron Dixon, Rob Day, Slyvain Huchette and Scorsby Shepherd

Unexpected Movements by Adult Macquarie Perch in Cotter Dam
Brendan Ebner, Mark Lintermans and Mark Jekabsons

Size and age at 50% maturity in southern bluefin tuna. An integrated view from published information and new data from the spawning ground.
Jessica Farley, Jessica Farley and John Gunn

How Does Hypoxia Affect Tropical Freshwater Fish?
Nicole Flint

Dynamics in 0+ recruitment and early life-history for snapper (Pagrus auratus) in South Australia.
Anthony Fowler and P R Jennings

The effect of density and food availability on the behaviour, growth and survival of post-larval Haliotis rubra
Patrick Gilmour

Are Seals Bad for Fisheries and Fisheries Bad for Seals? Trophic Interactions between Pinnipeds and Commercial Fisheries in Australia
Simon Goldsworthy, Cathy Bulman, Xi He, James Larcombe and Charles Littnan

Getting Taxonomy Right – the value of names and classifications from a biogeographical perspective
Martin Gomon

The development of GIS based models to estimate eel stocks and recruitment into the Aparima River, Southland, New Zealand.
Eric Graynoth

A Cost-Effective Method of Preparing Larval Fish Otoliths for Reading using Enzyme Digestion and Staining.
Bridget Green, Sue M Reilly and Mark I McCormick

The Effect of Temperature on the Swimming Ability in Tropical Reef Fish Larvae
Bridget Green and Rebecca Fisher

Homing behaviour of temperate Australian rockpool fishes following experimental displacement.
Shane Griffiths

Movement and nursery origins of immature snapper in Victorian waters: insights from analyses of otolith microchemistry.
Paul Hamer, Greg Jenkins and Bronwyn Gillanders

Aquatic conservation values on Hindmarsh Island, Lower River Murray South Australia
Michael Hammer

In Situ Observations of the Swimming Ability and Behaviour of Settlement-Stage Larvae of a Temperate Marine Fish Re-Entrained in the Pelagic Environment
Jeremy Hindell, Gregory P Jenkins, Sean M Moran and Michael J Keough

Effect of density on settlement, early growth and survival of Haliotis rubra
Sylvain Huchette and Sabine Daume

Stock assessment of ruby snapper (Etelis carbunculus)
Cass Hunter

Impoundment Stocking Strategies for Four Australian Native Species: Does Size Matter?
Michael Hutchison and Thomas Gallagher

Southern Stocks of Jungle Perch Kuhlia Rupestris in Need of Recovery.
Michael Hutchison and Robert Simpson

Movement and Habitat Use of Sub-Adult Carp and Murray Cod in the Murray River.
Matthew Jones and Ivor Stuart

Recolonisation of seagrass in Exmouth Gulf following a severe tropical cyclone: A study of the seagrass community and brown tiger prawns (Penaeus esculentus)
Robert Kenyon, Mick Haywood, Neil Loneragan and Richard McCulloch

Distribution and Habitat Preferences of the Endangered Oxleyan Pygmy Perch Nannoperca oxleyana in North-Eastern New South Wales
James Knight

European Perch (Perca fluviatilis) as a driver of habitat use by Flathead Gudgeon (Philypnodon grandiceps) in the Onkaparinga River, South Australia
Michael Lake, Michael Lake and S Hannon

Orientation by Reef-Fish Larvae in the Pelagic Environment
Jeff Leis and Brooke M Carson-Ewart

Growth and Nutritional Condition in a Tropical Larval Fish and its Importance to Replenishment
Tove Lemberget, Mark McCormick and David Wilson

The Effects of Water Temperature on Spacial Distribution and Burst Swimming in Some MDB Fishes
Jarod Lyon, Tom Ryan and Ruth Lennie

Physical and Biological Impacts of Cold Water Dam Releases
Jarod Lyon, Ruth Lennie, Tom Ryan and Charles Todd

The South Australian abalone fishery: Overview of the past, current status and future directions
Stephen Mayfield and Tim Ward

Consumption of coral propagules enhances the quality of larvae from a planktivorous fish
Mark McCormick

Reduction of Marine Mammal Interactions with Fishing Gear. Addressing Marine Biodiversity Issues
Geoff McPherson, Phil Turner, Craig McPherson, Doug Cato, Denis Ballam and Neil Gribble

An interactive database for information on the distribution and ecology of larval fish
Tony Miskiewicz, B Bruce, Anthony Miskiewicz, F Neira and A Jordan

Comparison of the size at entry into an estuary of marine spawned fish larvae of estuary dependent species
Tony Miskiewicz

Evaluation of Three Different Artificial Habitats for Marron (Cherax tenuimanus) and Biodiversity Enhancement in Habitat-Limited Freshwater Impoundments in South-Western Australia
Brett Molonyand Chris Bird

Density dependent interference competition between Gambusia holbrooki and three Australian native fish
Anthony S Moore, J Knight, L Brookes, A Breen and B Hume

Genetics, adaptive potential and fish conservation: Are we measuring the right thing?
Anthony S Moore and Anthony Moore

Population Dynamics of the Tigertooth Croaker, Otolithes ruber in the Persian Gulf
Nassir Naimaimandi

Early Life History of the Nurseryfish, Kurtus Gulliveri (Perciformes: Kurtidae), from Northern Australia
Francisco Neira and Francisco J Neira

Two Alien Species in the International Wetlands, Alma-Gol, Adji-Gol and Ala-Gol, of Golestann Province, Iran (A new record)
Rahman Patimar, Samad Igdrei, Babak Hamid-Sales and Shima Ba-Ensaf

Fish Species Diversity and Abundances in the International Wetlands, Alma-Gol, Adji-Gol and Ala-Gol of Golestan Province, Iran
Rahman Patimar and Bahram H Kiabi

Is Anguilla reinhardtii Really a Freshwater Eel?
Bruce Pease, David Booth and Chris Walsh

Estimating the Effective Spawner Numbers in Tiger Prawn Fisheries Using Genetic Methods
David Peel, Jenny Ovenden, Tony Courtney, Heather Podlich, Kaye Basford and Cathy Dichmont

Spatial mapping the incidental catch and distribution of Sawfish (Pristidae) in the Gulf of Carpentaria gillnet fishery
Stirling Perverell

Physiological Ecology of Bull Sharks Carcharhinus Leucas in the Brisbane River
Richard Pillans and Craig E Franklin

The Conservation Status of Freshwater Fishes in the Coastal Streams of New South Wales and the Murray-Darling Basin
David Pollard and S A Morris

Cestodes in Sharks and their Use as Biological Tags
Janette Psaroudis

Development of the Port Jackson shark embryo.
Kate Rodda and Roger Seymour

Genetic structure and diversity of barramundi in Papua New Guinea and implications for managing the fishery
John Salini, J Hughes, D Milton and D Hurwood

Ichthyoplankton from the Southern North West Shelf of Australia
Alison Sampey, Mark Meekan and Dave McKinnon

Fishing For Information - The Potential for a New Abalone Fishery in South Australia
Thor Saunders, P.A.G. Preece and S. Mayfield

The Precautionary Principle and the Management of Fisheries in Australia
James Scandol

Age-based monitoring of sea mullet in NSW - when, where, why and how?
Kimberley Smith

Using current age-structure of commercial catches to help us understand the importance of freshwater flows for barramundi recruitment
Jonathan Staunton-Smith, I Halliday, M Sellin and J Robbins

Evaluation of the impact of spatial effort quota and area closures on the stock of a prized species, Lutjanid sebae, in the Pilbara fishery, Western Australia.
Peter Stephenson and Norm Hall

Microstructure of the Oviducal Gland in the Common Sawshark, Pristiophorus cirratus
Browyn Stevens, Geoff Shaw, Terence Walker and William Hamlett

Remodelling of the Uterus During Maturation and Gestation in the Gummy Shark (Mustelus antarcticus)
Megan Storrie, Terence I Walker, Laurie Laurenson and William C Hamlett

The Murray Fishways: Fact or Fiction?
Ivor Stuart, Lee Baumgartner and Qifeng Ye

Seals ain't turtles: Will trawl exclusion devices work with Australian fur seals?
Richard Tilzey

Herbivory by fish and sea urchins at Mewstone, south-western Australia
Mat Vanderklift, Gary Kendrick, Euan Harvey and Samantha Lee

Spawning activity and reproductive biology of snapper (Pagrus auratus) in Cockburn Sound, Western Australia.
Corey Brion Wakefield, M M Gagnon and J St John

Otolith check formation and accelerated growth associated with sex change in an annual protogynous tropical fish
Stefan Walker and Mark I McCormick

Bycatch trends in the Southern Shark Fishery
Terry Walker, Russell J Hudson and Anne S Gason

Effects of sampling gear on estimates of growth, mortality and yield for Plectropomus leopardus on the Great Barrier Reef
David Welch, Campbell R Davies, Bruce D Mapstone and Garry R Russ

Ecologically Sustainable Management of Australia's Fisheries
Victoria Wilkinson

Can movement explain spatial patterns in demography of red-throat emperor?
Ashley Williams, Campbell R Davies, Bruce D Mapstone, Ian Montgomery and Garry R Russ