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Ministry of Fisheries scallop enhancement

1. Identification information

Status
Complete
Data Collection Date
Summary
Large scale trials in late 1980s. Large scale releases on both sides of Coromandel. Unsuccessful due to multiple factors.
Content
Identification of spat catching sites, seasonal patterns.
Study Types
  • Inventory/Survey
Categories
  • Benthic Communities (including shellfish)
  • Aquaculture
  • Benthic Communities (including shellfish)

2. Contact information

Commissioning Agencies
  • Ministry of Fisheries
Contact Organisations

3. Spatial information

Geographic Coverage
Grid Coordinates
Locations
  • Name
    Coromandel Peninsula
    NZMG Easting
    2745038
    NZMG Northing
    6466088
    Location
    East Coast

4. Data acquisition information

Collection Date
Methodology

5. Data quality information

Known Limitations

6. Distribution information

Format
Applications
Availability

7. Status information

Data Status

8. Metadata information

General Notes
Related Links
Publications
  • Bartrom, A.A. 1990: The Coromandel scallop enhancement project 1987 to 1987. Unpublished technical report, Ministry of Fisheries.
Related Publications
  • Allan, L.G., 1984: Hauraki Gulf dredge survey. New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Internal Report. 6p. (unpublished report held in NIWa library, Wellington).
  • Cryer, M. 1994: Estimating CAY for northern commercial scallop fisheries – a techniques based on estimates of biomass and catch from the Whitianga bed. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Research Document 94/18. 21p. (draft report held in NIWA library, Wellington).
  • Cryer, M. 1999: Coromandel and Northland scallop stock assessment for 1998. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Research Document 99/37. 14p. (draft report held in NIWA library, Wellington).
  • Cryer, M. 2001a: An appraisal of an in-season depletion method of estimating biomass and yield in the Coromandel scallop fishery. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2001/8. 28p.
  • Cryer, M. 2001b: Coromandel scallop stock assessment for 1999. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2001/9. 18p.
  • Cryer, M., & Morrison, M., 1997: Incidential effects of commercial scallop dredges. Final Research Report for Ministry of fisheries Project AKSC03. November 1997. 70p. (unpublished report held at Ministry of Fisheries, Wellington).
  • Cryer, M., & Parkinson, D.M., 1999a: Dredge surveys and sampling of commercial landings of scallop in the Northland and Coromandel scallop fisheries, 1998. NIWA Technical Report 69. 63p.
  • Cryer, M., & Parkinson, D.M. 1999b: Dredge surveys of scallops in the Coromandel scallop fishery, 1999. Working document tabled for consideration of Ministry of Fisheries Shellfish Fishery Assessment Working Group. 24 p. (unpublished report held at Ministry of Fisheries, Wellington).
  • Cryer, M., & Parkinson, D.M., 2002: Dredge surveys of scallops in the Northland and Coromandel scallop fisheries, 2001. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2002/61. 24p.
  • Diggles, B., Chang, H., Smith, P., Uddstrom. M., Zeldis, J., 2000: A discolouration syndrome of commercial bivalve molluscs in the waters surrounding the coromandel Peninsula. Final Research Report for Ministry of Fisheries Project MOF1999/04B. (Unpublished report held by Ministry of Fisheries, Wellington).
  • Morrison, M. 1995: An assessment of the impact of intensive commercial scallop dredging, with application to the assessment of alternative management strategies. Unpublished report to Coromandel Scallop Fisherman's Association. 30p.
  • Morrison, M. 1999: Population dynamics of the scallop Pecten novaezelandiae in the Hauraki Gulf. Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of Auckland. 232p.
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