Project Milestones

The following tables contain the milestones for each current project and their due date. Select a project to view its milestones.

2001/ 254 Selective Breeding of Farmed Abalone to Enhance Growth Rates II

Principal Investigator: Xiaoxu Li (South Australian Research and Development Institute, PO Box 120, Henley Beach, SA 5022)

Date Due	Revised Date	Milestone	Date Sent To Steering Committee	Date Approval Sent To FRDC
30.04.2002		The desired number of families for the 2001/2002 spawning period established in each state participating. Required information (including information from the 2000/01 families) collected.
31.5.2002		Information collected so far are entered into the computer managing system.
30/06/2002		Information collected so far is analyzed.
31.07.2002		Half to one-day workshop on methods to minimize the risks of cross contamination at the critical stages of family establishments is held. Project progress is reported at the Abalone Aquaculture Subprogram annual workshop.
31.10.2002		Animals from the 2001/2002 spawning season were tagged and exchanged between farms within each state. Required data collected.
30.11.2002		1. Collected data are entered into the computer managing system. 2. Project information managing software developed. 3. Information collected during the past six months are analyzed.
31.3.2003		The relative economic importance of various traits determined.
31.5.2003		Collected information entered into the computer managing system.
30.6.2003		Information collected during the past six months are analyzed.
15.7.2003		The desired number of families for 2001/2002 spawning period established in each state participating.
31.7.2003		Project progress is reported at the Abalone Aquaculture Subprogram annual meeting.
31.10.2003		Animals from the 2002/2003 spawning season were tagged and exchanged between farms within each state. Required data collected.
30.11.2003		1. Collected data entered into the managing system. 2. Project information managing software developed. 3. Information collected during the past six months are analyzed. 4. The heritabilities of the traits included in the breeding objectives analyzed according to the data available. 5. Abalone evaluation system established according to the data available.
31.1.2004		Draft final report
28.2.2004		Final report

2002/200 Understanding interactions between nutrition, water quality, water temperature and environmental stress to improve the health and production efficiency of abalone in commercial aquaculture systems

Principal Investigator: Meegan Vandepeer (South Australian Research and Development Institute, PO Box 120, Henley Beach, SA 5022)

Date Due	Revised Date	Milestone	Date Sent To Steering Committee	Date Approval Sent To FRDC
31.4.2002	22.5.02	First experiment completed - Inducement of abalone mortality and/or bloat in abalone held in the laboratory when subjected to the same temperatures experienced on farms during summer.	5.6.02	14.6.02
31.9.2002		Second experiment completed - determination of the effect of water temperature and level of fermentable carbohydrates in the diet on abalone growth, digestibility and health
31.1.2003		Third experiment completed - determination of the effect of the addition of dietary additives on abalone growth, digestibility and health when fed a diet high in fermentable carbohydrates
30.6.2003		Fourth experiment completed - determination of whether blacklip abalone respond differently to the effects of temperature and a diet high in fermentable carbohydrates to greenlips
31.7. 2003		Draft final report completed
1.9.2003		Final report completed

2002/201 - A national survey of diseases of commercially exploited abalone species to support trade and translocation issues and the development of health surveillance programs

Principal Investigator: Judith Handlinger (Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, Marine Research Labs, Nubeena Cres., Taroona, TAS, 7053)

Date Due	Revised Date	Milestone	Date Sent To Steering Committee	Date Approval Sent To FRDC
30.12.2002		Initial training and disease review process completed. Sample collection commenced in each State
30.6.2003		Interim Report to Subprogram. Sample collection completed
30.12.2003		Sample examination completed in each state. Protocol framework for surveillance program for the abalone aquaculture industry completed
1.7.2004		Findings collated, Symposium held, CD and draft Final Report prepared.

2002/202 - Use of marker assisted genetic breeding to improve abalone and abalone products

Principal Investigator: Nick Robinson (Genetics Department, Victorian Institute of Animal Science, 475 Mickleham Road, Attwood, VIC 3049)

Date Due	Revised Date	Milestone	Date Sent To Steering Committee	Date Approval Sent To FRDC
30.6.2003		Sequence and primer design for 77 new microsatellite loci from enriched microsatellite libraries complete Identification using the profit index and breeding values of the 100 highest ranked and 100 lowest ranked animals for genotyping DNA from 1200 progeny extracted
30.6.2004		Complete analysis of first 50 microsatellite loci across pooled DNA Complete analysis of individual genotypes for most promising differences between pools Computer modelling of abalone breeding and production identifies the traits for which marker assisted selection is most profitable
30.4.2005		Complete analysis of second 50 microsatellite loci across pooled DNA Complete analysis of individual genotypes for most promising differences between pools Recommendation to industry of which abalone should be genotyped and have phenotypic measurements to maximise genetic progress
30.4.2006		Complete analysis of third 50 microsatellite loci across pooled DNA Complete analysis of individual genotypes for most promising differences between pools Draft report
30.6.2006		Final Report. Including recommendation to industry of the industry breeding structure to maximise genetic gain and profitability, with marker information.

2000/202 - Development of spermatozoa cryopreservation techniques in farmed abalone

Principal Investigator: Xiaoxu Li (South Australian Research and Development Institute, PO Box 120, Henley Beach, SA 5022)

Date Due	Revised Date	Milestone	Date Sent To Steering Committee	Date Approval Sent To FRDC
31.12.00	31.12.01	First six monthly report submitted to FRDC and Abalone Aquaculture Subprogram. Cryoprotectant(s) suitable for preserving abalone spermatozoa developed. Preliminary experiments on determination of important methodological parameters and their allowable variations for routine practices.	25.3.02
30.6.01	30.6.02	Second six monthly report completed. Experiments on determination of important methodological parameters and their allowable variations for routine conductions in blacklip abalone completed.
31.12.01	31.12.02	Final report completed. Experiments on determination of important methodological parameters and their allowable variations for routine conductions in greenlip abalone completed. Experiments on performance of embryos and larvae produced with long-term cryopreserved sperm completed. Parameters used for large-scale spermatozoa cryopreservation in abalone tested. Protocol(s) for abalone spermatozoa cryopreservation and its CD_ROM version developed. Instruction session (one day workshop) offered for farm managers to familiarise them with its use.

2000/204 - The commercial control of spawning in temperate abalone

Principal Investigator: Arthur Ritar (Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, Marine Research Labs, Nubeena Cres., Taroona, TAS, 7053)

Experiment 1: Determination of BZP

Experiment 2: Re-conditioning of the same abalone.

Experiment 3: Determination of the optimum temperature required to condition abalone.

Date Due	Revised Date	Milestone	Date Sent To Steering Committee	Date Approval Sent To FRDC
30.12.00	30.12.00	Abalone broodstock for experiment 1 and 2 collected from the wild and held in tanks at Taroona. Experimental system set up at TAFI Marine Research Laboratories, Taroona. Technical officer appointed.
30.6.01	31.12.01	Broodstock randomized and allocated to experiment 1 to examine BZP and then to experiment 2 to examine re-conditioning.	19.12.01	12.01
31.12.01	Delayed until review	Abalone broodstock for experiment 3 collected from the wild and held in tanks at Taroona.
30.6.02	Delayed until review	Broodstock randomized and allocated to experiment 3 on determination of EAT.
31.12.01	30.9.02	First experiments completed and preliminary data tabulated on BZP 12 month review of project by Abalone Aquaculture Steering Committee.
31.12.02		Workshop on broodstock conditioning held in conjunction with Annual Abalone Workshop. Third experiment completed and preliminary data tabulated.
31.12.01	30.3.03	Second experiments completed and preliminary data tabulated on re-conditioning.	4.2002
30.6.03		Final report submitted to FRDC.