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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-030
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Prawn Superpowers Summit - enhancing awareness of emergency aquatic animal disease response arrangements for the Australian prawn farming industry

The Australian prawn farming sector provides significant income to regional economies, particularly parts of Queensland. The entrance of an exotic disease can potentially cripple the industry. Hence, it is prudent to reduce the risks of disease incursion domestically and on-farm. Since 2010,...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA)

Biosecurity operational planning for prawn farms in the Clarence River under increased risk scenario

Project number: 2022-072
Project Status:
Current
Budget expenditure: $36,178.00
Principal Investigator: Kim Hooper
Organisation: Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA)
Project start/end date: 16 Sep 2022 - 30 Mar 2023
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Need

Commercial in confidence. To know more about this project please contact FRDC.

Objectives

Commercial in confidence
Adoption
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-094
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

CRC Northern Australia - Biosecurity in northern Australian prawn aquaculture

The objectives of the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) Improving Biosecurity in Northern Australia prawn farms (A.3.1718113) were to obtain an overview of the pathogens and the level of protection provided by the current biosecurity practices that occur in prawn...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA)

Understanding and removing the barriers to Penaeus monodon domestication

Project number: 2002-209
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $1,579,138.00
Principal Investigator: Nigel Preston
Organisation: Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA)
Project start/end date: 27 Feb 2003 - 2 May 2007
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Need

Domestication of P. monodon is needed to address a number of vital issues for the Australian prawn farming industry:

1.The erratic supply of wild broodstock means that the quantity, quality and timing of supply of postlarvae to farms are all high risk and impairs the productivity and profitability of the industry.

2.The continued use of wild broodstock makes it extremely difficult to control introduction of disease as almost all wild broodstock captured on the east coast of Australia carry viral infections, most notably with gill associated virus (GAV), spawner-isolated mortality virus (SMV), and the gut and nerve syndrome virus (GNSV). There is a critical need to understand the disease status of founder stocks for domestication programs. This includes the development and application of rapid and accurate diagnostic tools as well as knowledge of how disease can be managed to permit increased productivity from domesticated stocks.

3.Selective breeding programs to increase farm productivity will not be possible until the life cycle is reliably closed on a commercial scale, and captive reared broodstock of high fecundity are routinely produced.

4.New methods of production that can minimise impacts on the environment, most notably full water recirculation systems, will not work well unless domesticated stock of known health status can be used.

Both the current viability of the Australian industry, and its future development, require domestication of P. monodon. Some industry operators have already switched production from their preferred species (P. monodon) to lower value species due to problems 1 and 2 above. Future enhancements in production systems (e.g. points 3 and 4 above) are critically dependent on the use of domesticated stocks.

The prawn farmers and their representative body the Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA) have developed a structured R & D plan. Research priorities were determined by the APFA Executive and by a separate poll of individual farmers. The R & D plan identifies the highest research priority is to overcome the barriers to
P. monodon domestication.

Objectives

1. Optimise reproductive output from domesticated P. monodon by assessing tank, raceway and pond rearing systems and associated maturation protocols.
2. Assess and minimise chronic and acute health-related barriers to the domestication of P. monodon
3. To measure the genetic components underlying the suitability of different strains/ families/ individuals for domestication.
4. To develop and implement an effective extension, technology transfer and commercialisation program for P. monodon domestication.
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-111
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Accelerating the adoption of digital technology on Queensland prawn farms

The Prawn Farmers Digital Skills Hub is free and available at the CQU website link. The hub will provide the Australian prawn farming industry with access to education and training in the digital skills required to accelerate the adoption of current and emerging technologies. The Prawn Farmers...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA)
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