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Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: understanding and planning for the potential impacts of OsHV1 u Var on the Australian Pacific oyster industry

Project number: 2011-043
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $90,000.00
Principal Investigator: Tom Lewis
Organisation: RDS Partners Pty Ltd
Project start/end date: 26 Jul 2011 - 30 Jul 2012
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TAGS
Mortality
Fisheries Management
Disease
SPECIES
Pacific Oyster

Need

The Pacific oyster virus (Ostreid Herpesvirus-1, OsHV-1) is a pathogen that has been regularly detected in France since 1991. The virus has generally been associated with Pacific oyster larval mortality in hatcheries and in Pacific oyster spat mortality outbreaks.

The recent incursion of the highly pathogenic OHsV-1 micro variant into New Zealand and NSW waters, leading to 80-100% mortality in weeks, has raised the very real prospect of this deadly oyster virus spreading to other Pacific oyster growing states.

This virus, if spread unchecked in Australia, has the potential to destroy the Pacific oyster aquaculture industry, which is currently worth about $65million in farm gate sales in SA, Tas and NSW.

There is an urgent need to collate and disseminate information regarding the source, transmission, pathogenicity, control and mitigation of this virus and its effects on farmed Pacific oysters.

This project has been developed to provide a considered response to that need.

Objectives

1. A desktop study on industry relevant issues associated with OsHV1 and the related Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS)
2. A field visit by a small group to France to engage their industry and to discuss first hand industry experience regarding the effects and management of OsHV1
3. The development and extension of a national strategy to control and/or minimise the spread of OsHV1 in Australia and to develop management strategies to mitigate the effects of the disease in areas in which is, or may become, established

Final report

Author: Tom Lewis
Final Report • 2012-03-29 • 2.96 MB
2011-043-DLD.pdf

Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Subprogram: UTAS Experimental Aquaculture Facility: Obtaining expert international governance, design and operational advice for the Atlantic salmon partners.

Project number: 2012-228
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $67,000.00
Principal Investigator: Tom Lewis
Organisation: RDS Partners Pty Ltd
Project start/end date: 18 Dec 2012 - 18 Aug 2013
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TAGS
Stakeholder
Innovation
Community
Biofouling
Aquaculture
SPECIES
Atlantic Salmon

Need

Key outputs will be the advice provided by visiting experts during their time in Tasmania.

This advice will be captured in the form of notes and summaries from discussions with the experts.

Extension will take the form of ensuring the advice is provided to, and understood by, the EAF Steering Committee and proponents

Objectives

1. Facilitate engagement of industry experts with EAF proponents to provide guidance regarding design, operation and governance of the EAF.
2. Capture knowledge and understanding of design, establishment and operation of similar facilities.
3. Incorporate captured knowledge and understanding into relevant EAF design, establishment, operation and governance considerations.

Final report

ISBN: 978-0-9872175-3-0
Authors: Tom Lewis Morag Anderson Adam Main
Final Report • 2014-04-01 • 588.27 KB
2012-228-DLD.pdf

Summary

While the Australian salmon and shellfish aquaculture industries have international counterparts, there are specific local issues, notably warmer water temperatures and amoebic gill disease (AGD) requiring specific, local research attention. Given the maturity of the industry, the presence of both a university (the University of Tasmania) and the national research organisation (CSIRO) in Hobart, Tasmania is well-placed to develop an Experimental Aquaculture Facility (EAF) of international standing.

For several years there has been discussion regarding establishing an EAF in Hobart, Tasmania. It was envisaged that this would involve collaborative research amongst producers, researchers, regulators, feed suppliers and research and development corporations, amongst others.

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