Thirty-eight game fishers have contributed 91 fin clips to Project: Black Marlin Samuel Williams is working hard in the laboratory to complete the genetic analyses. The latest newsletter is available here: January 2014 Black Marlin Bulletin
Our collaborators from the University in Valdivia (Universidad Austral de Chile) have kindly sent us the first batch of skate tissue samples from Chilean waters. Around 200 samples from two commercially important species (yellownose and roughskin skates) will be used to provide important new information about the genetic population structure in Chilean waters. Carolina Vargas-Caro, Carlos […]
The genome of a gemfish has been sequenced at MFL. The fish sequenced was landed by FV Territory Pearl on 3rd November 2013 off the South Australian coast and was provided by Raptis P/L from Adelaide. The information in the genome will help to analyse the spatial extent of the fishery in the Great Australian Bight. Read […]
Seen any leopards recently? MFL associate Chris Dudgeon needs help from the community trace leopard sharks in Thailand. Find out more about her project here.
Waterway litter and debris, particularly plastic, pose a serious threat to marine wildlife. Sea World Research & Rescue Foundation, in partnership with Healthy Waterways, have launched a Community Marine Debris Program to fight the staggering amount of litter entering South East Queensland’s waterways. Grant applications open Wednesday 22 January 2014 and close Monday 10 February 2014.
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PhD student Jenny Giles‘ work on spot-tail shark raises plenty of questions. Why do they stay at home – in northern Australia, New Caledonia? Can’t they swim across deep water? Does this make them more susceptible to exploitation and environmental changes? Early version of the publication is available here.
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This pamphlet is a jargon-free zone for everyone interested the sustainable exploitation and conservation of marine and freshwater fishes. A download link to the pdf document can be found here.
Jenny has a new email address: jovenden@molfishlab.com.au If you are getting error messages from zljovend@uq.edu.au, please use this new email as an alternative. The UQ email address should be back in action from Friday, 10th Jan 2014.
Ms Kay Weltz is a PhD student at the University of Tasmania working on “Genetic population structure and population ecology of the endangered Maugean skate in western Tasmania”. Kay’s supervisors are Jayson Semmens, Adam Barnett and Jeremy Lyle from Tasmania and Jennifer Ovenden from MFL.
MFL welcomes PhD student Ms Carolina Vargas-Caro. Carolina’s supervisors are Jennifer Ovenden, Mike Bennett and Ian Tibbetts and her thesis title is “Biological assessment of skate fisheries in the south-east Pacific Ocean”.