I've been in contact with the Murdoch Uni guys a bit lately and they are chasing fish backbones or frames for research purposes..

If you have any of these species, please freeze down skeleton and guts and take a few basic details like the size and where you caught them.

The information they gather not only helps them, but will help us preserve our fish stocks in the future by understanding their age, breeding maturity, spawning habitats and all sorts of valuable data which will ultimately help us in the long run. Not sure if this information has been posted here before, but I think its pretty valuable.

Cheers,
Adam


Species

Mulloway
Argyrosomus japonicus
Bryn Farmer
Murdoch University
0400 213 362
Bfarmer@murdoch.edu.au

Blue Groper
Achoerodus gouldii
Peter Coulson
Murdoch University
0427 857 182
p.coulson@murdoch.edu.au

Queen Snapper
Nemadactylus valenciennesi
Peter Coulson
As above

Bartailed Flathead
Platycephalus
Peter Coulson
As above

Western Foxfish
Bodianus frenchii
Steve Cossington
Murdoch University
0407 694 461
Steve_nofx1@hotmail.com

Breaksea Cod
Epinephelides armatus
Steve Moore
Murdoch University
0418 959 054
handmeallyourlupins@hotmail.com

Samson Fish
Seriola hippos
Andrew Roland
Murdoch University
0418 326 747
Andrew@recfishwest.org.au

Pink Snapper
Pagrus auratus
Corey Wakefield
Fisheries WA
0428 771 110
cwakefield@fish.wa.gov.au

Gummy Shark
Mustelus antarcticus
Claire Bartron
Murdoch University
0414 785 356
Cat_tayles78@hotmail.com

Tailor
Pomatomus saltatrix
Mike Hammond
Fisheries WA
9203 0111

Australian Herring
Arripis georgianus
Mike Hammond
As above

WA Dhufish
Glaucosoma hebraicum
Jill St John
Fisheries WA
As above