The Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F), Long Term Monitoring Program (LTMP) routinely estimates age for a large number of fin fish species. The most common and important application of these age data is to provide information for stock assessments to determine the status of fish stocks. A Microsoft Access Application “Queensland LTMP Fish Ageing Software” has been developed to facilitate staff training using otolith image reference collections, and the reading of current samples. The application handles an original and current reference collection for multiple fish species.

The Queensland LTMP Fish Ageing Software covers each of the steps described in the document
Department of Primary Industries And Fisheries (2007). Fisheries long term monitoring program sampling protocol - fish ageing section 1. department of primary industries and fisheries, Brisbane, Australia. The application also has some functionality to assist with the maintenance of the otolith image reference collections and the reviewing of historical training reads and readings of current samples. The application was developed for otolith reading and is easy to adapt e.g. can be used for different species, different reference collections and makes results from quality control tests easy to understand for age readers.