The First Australasian Scallop Workshop was held in Taroona, Tasmania in July 1988 and was attended by 51 participants from Australia, New Zealand and Japan. It proved to be a very valuable forum for exchange of ideas on scallop biology, management and culture. The organisers of that workshop, Mike...

This project has raised awareness within targeted seafood supply chains of QI methodology and the advantages of use within quality assurance systems. Initial focus centred on updating the existing Australian Quality Index Manual with all schemes developed for Australian fish species. Over two...

Yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi) and Mahi mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) are actively targeted by fishers in the warmer waters of northern NSW. Both species are becoming increasingly important to local fishers with escalating demand due to increased consumer awareness of the premium eating quality...

The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation project 98/419 ‘An Investigation into the feasibility of producing a commercially acceptable prawn stock from the discarded heads of commercially processed prawns’ has successfully completed Objective 1, to develop a (prototype) prawn stock (liquid...