
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Morton, RM 
A1  - Halliday, I 
A1  - Cameron, D 
T1  - Movement of tagged juvenile tailor (<I>Pomatomus saltatrix</I>) in Moreton Bay, Queensland
JF  - Marine and Freshwater Research
JO  - Mar. Freshwater Res.
Y1  - 1993
VL  - 44
IS  - 6
SP  - 811
EP  - 816
KW  - tagging, estuarine fisheries, recreational fishing, fisheries exploitation
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9930811 
N2  - Large quantities of tailor, Pomatomus saltatrix, are caught by recreational and commercial  fishers in coastal waters off New South Wales and Queensland. Juvenile tailor were subject  to increasing fishing mortality in Moreton Bay (Queensland) in the mid 1980s. A tagging  programme, involving State Government fisheries biologists and amateur fishing clubs, was  established in 1986 to examine the movement, growth rate and fisheries exploitation of juvenile  tailor (<270 mm fork length) in Moreton Bay. Of 2173 juvenile tailor tagged in Moreton Bay during  February-July and December 1987, 237 were recaptured over a period of 30 months,  representing a recapture rate of 11%. This was a high recapture rate compared with those in  similar finfish tagging studies carried out in Moreton Bay. The recaptured fish moved relatively  short distances (mean±s.d., 10.2 ± 15.0 km; maximum distance, 85 km). Growth data were  unreliable. Estuaries such as Moreton Bay function as nursery areas for tailor prior to their  movement onto open surf beaches as adult fish. A legal minimum length for tailor was introduced  on the basis of this study. 
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