Understanding recruitment variation (including the collapse) of Ballot’s saucer scallop stocks in Western Australia and assessing the feasibility of assisted recovery measures for improved management in a changing environment. FRDC Project No. 2015/026

Authors

Arani Chandrapavan
Mervi Kangas
Nick Caputi

Publication Date

7-2020

Series Number

308

Publisher

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

ISBN

978-1-921258-63-3

ISSN

2202-5758

Abstract

This study examined possible contributing environmental factors to the recruitment variability of the Ballot’s saucer scallop Ylistrum balloti across the main stocks in Western Australia. The project was undertaken to explain the variation observed between years and between regions as well elucidating the potential cause of a major decline in scallop stocks following an extreme marine heatwave, with these findings intended to improve future management advice.

Number of Pages

76

Keywords

Western Australia

Disciplines

Aquaculture and Fisheries

Recommended Citation

Chandrapavan A, Kangas M, Caputi N. 2020. Understanding recruitment variation (including the collapse) of Ballot’s saucer scallop stocks in Western Australia and assessing the feasibility of assisted recovery measures for improved management in a changing environment. Fisheries Research Report No. 308 Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia. 76pp.