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...

A two and a half year study was conducted to compare the performance of sibling diploid and triploid Sydney rock oysters Saccostrea commercialis (Iredale and Roughley) at three intertidal and one subtidal site in Port Stephens, New South Wales (NSW). The findings of this study have major...

The NSW Department of Primary Industries-Fisheries has outlined the results of a four-year trawl survey (2017-2020) aimed at evaluating spatial management provisions within the NSW Ocean Trawl Fishery (OTF) and the potential for these to be adapted to deal with tactical challenges associated with...