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Industry
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-200.40
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Growing a profitable, innovative, collaborative Australian Yellowtail Kingfish aquaculture industry: bringing ‘white’ fish to the market. WA Component

This set of experiments compared the growth performance, survival and health of yellowtail kingfish (YTK) sourced from two different hatcheries (Strain 1 and Strain 2) fed on various diets over a commercially relevant time period of 56 weeks (ca. 13 months). Fish health was assessed routinely...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Fremantle
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-117
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

NEAO: addressing current health issues confronting warm water culture of yellowtail kingfish

This project addressed a number of key issues associated with the culture of yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi, YTK) in warm water, including optimising the use of hydrogen peroxide (which is more toxic in warm water), investigating alternatives to the management of monogenean flukes...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Fremantle
Industry