During the 3 years of the study, scallop spatfall was observed to occur over a short period (October-December) after the scallops had spawned in spring. Growth was rapid and scallops reached an acceptable harvestable size of 70mm within 16 months. Spatfall one year can therefore be related to...

This project was a collaborative study across three research organisations: Agriculture Victoria, CSIRO (Victoria) and the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI). The overall aim of this collaborative project was to better understand many aspects of infection with the parasite...