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PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-135

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

NCCP: essential studies on cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3) prior to release of the virus in Australian waters

This project, undertaken by CSIRO, aimed to determine the most important form of transmission of CyHV-3 to Cyprinus carpio (common carp). This was addressed through experiments to determine: (1) The relative amounts of virus in the skin and mucus of infected fish vs shed...

ORGANISATION:

CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory

TAGS

Modelling

SPECIES

European Carp

PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-113

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

Elucidating the nutritional requirements of farmed hybrid abalone

The Australian Abalone aquaculture industry continues to search for performance improvements in farmed hybrid Abalone (Haliotis laevigata x H. rubra) to satisfy increasing consumer demand. This project was the first in 25 years to comprehensively profile existing commercial feeds and found large...

ORGANISATION:

Deakin University Warrnambool Campus

TAGS

Nutrition

SPECIES

Abalone

PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-054

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

NCCP: Social, economic, and ecological risk assessment for use of Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3) for carp biocontrol in Australia

The ecological and social risk assessment detailed in the three volumes of this report was one of the projects funded through the NCCP. The ecological component of the assessment was undertaken in two parts: (a) A compilation of the science and epidemiology of CyHV-3 and an assessment of...

ORGANISATION:

CSIRO Health and Biosecurity

TAGS

Survey

SPECIES

European Carp

PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-803

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

Future oysters CRC-P: New Technologies to Improve Sydney Rock Oyster Breeding and Production

Hatchery production of Sydney Rock Oysters (SROs, Saccostrea glomerata) is a costly and high risk activity for the breeding program and industry exacerbated by factors such as: reliance on hatchery conditioning, low fertilisation success using strip-spawned gametes, extended larval rearing period...

ORGANISATION:

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)

TAGS

Reproduction

SPECIES

Sydney Rock Oyster

PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-802

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

Future Oysters CRC-P: Accelerated Sydney Rock Oyster (SRO) Breeding Research

This project focussed on increasing genetic resistance of Select Oyster Company (SOCo) breeding program Sydney rock oyster (Saccostrea glomerata, SRO) families to QX disease and winter mortality (WM) disease. NSW DPI has worked collaboratively with SOCo to develop a SRO family-based breeding program...

ORGANISATION:

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)

TAGS

Reproduction

SPECIES

Sydney Rock Oyster

PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-801

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

Future oysters CRC-P: Enhancing Pacific Oyster breeding to optimise national benefits

The research was conducted as a direct consequence of the 2016 Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS) outbreak TAS which decimated parts of this State’s Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) industry and caused numerous flow on effects throughout the entire Australian industry. The project was...

ORGANISATION:

Australian Seafood Industries Pty Ltd (ASI)

TAGS

Mortality

SPECIES

Pacific Oyster

PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-409

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

WINSC - Providing pathways for the involvement of women in seafood industry development

The Women’s Industry Network (WIN) was formed in 1996 by a group of women fishing in South Australia and that later evolved into the Women’s Industry Network Seafood Community (WINSC). WINSC is a not for profit organisation to support the operation of the network. WINSC builds the...

ORGANISATION:

Women in Seafood Australasia (WISA)

TAGS

Workforce