A PHD student from the University of NSW is conducting a research project in conjunction with the NSW Department of Primary Ind-ustries and needs your help.
Focused on yellowtail kingfish and dolphin fish, Steph Brodie said her project aims to track the movements of these species and determine the influence of currents and water types on populations.
Fish from both species have been tagged with an internal acoustic transmitter and a modified external standard yellow game fish tag (tipped with red shrink tube).
Local anglers can help with the research by releasing the specially tagged fish when caught, or if the fish is kept, the black internal tag can be returned to fisheries for a t-shirt reward.
In both cases Ms Brodie is asking anglers to provide the fisheries office at the marina with an accurate record of where the fish was caught, as well as its length, weight and suspected sex.
In addition to this project, Ms Brodie is also asking for dolphinfish and kingfish frames to examine the chemical structure of otoliths (ear bones).
If anyone is interested in providing fish frames to the project, frozen frames can be picked up at their convenience.
For more information contact Steph Brodie on 0421 245 749 or email stephbrodie1@gmail.com
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