PROJECT NUMBER
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2009-315.16
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Aquaculture Council Of Western Australia Inc
Disease and fish health management underpin maximizing growth and mortality of pearl sector. Given the recent Pearl oyster disease their is a need to build our knowledge and capacity in this area.
There are three main needs for this project:
1. Build the capacity of industry in undertaking disease surveilanace and management.
2. Build the capacity of national pearl oyster disease pathologists in diagnosis, survelliance and emergency reponse; and
3. Build the capacity of Pearl oyster pathology labs molecular and histopatholgy diagnostic capability, though establishment of collabourative national and international research links.