Members of Game Fishing Clubs in Queensland and New South Wales are helping MFL researchers at the University of Queensland. In April 2015, visiting Danish research scientist Professor Einar Nielsen and pelagic fish expert Dr Julian Pepperell visited clubs in eastern Australia. Following considerable detective work to locate old jaws, many fishers and club officials […]
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All biological samples required for the gemfish project have been collected from across the range of the fishery (see map). We have adequate samples of genetic material, and we have useful information about the reproductive status of individuals sampled. We also have the distribution at the sampling locations of fish of varying sizes. The fishing […]
Information about the new project at MFL on tiger sharks can be found here. Contact us if you’d can help with samples, such as tiger shark jaws or other tissue sources. Watch this space for updates. Photo: Bonnie Holmes
Laboratory analyses for the Chilean skate project are underway at MFL at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. This follows extensive field work and specimen collection at the end of 2014, led by Carolina Vargas-Caro and in collaboration with Chilean fisheries biologists. Carolina is testing a range of new microsatellite loci on the yellow-nosed skate […]
Christine Dudgeon has started work at MFL on the NT Fisheries project. Chris will be genotyping three inshore reef species following on from work done at Charles Darwin University by collaborator Laura Taillebois and others. Collection of samples for this project have spanned northern Australia from Queensland to Western Australia. Chris runs the “Spot the Leopard Shark” […]
Perhaps more than other fisheries research, projects involving the application of genetics rely on the expertise and cooperation of others to provide samples for analysis. MFL is pleased to work with a diverse team to define the stock structure of key species in northern Australia. In this project, indigenous rangers, fisheries scientists and government experts […]
In project Gemfish, we are using newly-developed genetic markers to determine the number of fisheries stocks in southern Australia. Its standard practice to test the new genetic markers on related species. In most studies this helps to identify the wrong samples. But, this is not an issue for this study as there is only one gemfish (Rexea […]
MFL welcomes Safia Maher to study for her honours degree at the University of Queensland. Safia recently completed a Bachelor of Bioscience at La Trobe University with a double major in Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics and Zoology. Safia will be working on Project Tiger to understand the population structure and dynamics of tiger sharks around […]
MFL is pleased to welcome Carlos Bustamante to the MFL team. Carlos completed his PhD at UQ in December 2014, and joins MFL as a fully funded postdoctoral research supported by the University of Queensland. Over the next three years, Carlos will be working on the genomics of sharks and relatives focusing on Pacific rim […]
Raptis & Sons P/L have found spawning gemfish in the Great Australian Bight. These fish will be important additions to the samples already taken for the Gemfish Project. Genetic and other analyses will determine if they represent the core of a separate stock in southern Australia. Thanks to Jim Raptis, Stu Bell and AFMA observer Jarrad James […]