Fisheries around Tasman Peninsula

The waters around the Tasman Peninsula have sustained commercial fishing for more than 150 years. Prior to 1950 the area was a major supplier of rock lobster (crayfish), and scale fish for the Hobart market. Since 1965 abalone diving has become a most important commercial fishery. Recently the penin...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Papers and Proceedings of The Royal Society of Tasmania
Main Author: Harrison, AJ
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 1986
Subjects:
Royal Society of Tasmania
RST
Van Diemens Land
natural history
science
ecology
taxonomy
botany
zoology
geology
geography
papers & proceedings
Australia
UTAS Library
Atlantic salmon
Online Access:https://eprints.utas.edu.au/14626/
https://eprints.utas.edu.au/14626/4/Harrison-Fisheries_Around_Tasman_Peninsula.pdf
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Summary:The waters around the Tasman Peninsula have sustained commercial fishing for more than 150 years. Prior to 1950 the area was a major supplier of rock lobster (crayfish), and scale fish for the Hobart market. Since 1965 abalone diving has become a most important commercial fishery. Recently the peninsula's protected bays have become prize sites for aquaculture. Initially this form of marine farming was directed at shellfish, particularly oysters and mussels. Cage culture of rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon recently has become important.

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