The yabbie, Cherax destrucor has been identified as an Australian freshwater crayfish species having a very high potential for aquaculture. Research Into biological aspects of the yabbie (Carrol I 1981, Mills 1983) has demonstrated +ha+ commercial farming of yabbies Is technically feasible. However,...
As a result of the development of a protocol for oyster blood sample collection, preservation and transportation and subsequent catecholamine analysis during the course of this project, a test now exists which can be used to measure stress in oysters. This test will be used in the...
The South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) Food Safety and Innovation (FSI) group with the support of the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), TasWater, Central Coast Council, Port Macquarie-Hastings Council, Shoalhaven Council, New South Wales Food Authority...
This study was conducted to restore the Mud Cockle population in the Section Bank of Port River, South Australia, which had drastically decreased due to commercial fishing. Mud Cockles are important not only for commercial purposes but also for stabilizing sediment and reducing turbidity in the...
This project implemented the agreed Strategic R&D Plan for the SBT aquaculture industry for the period of 2004-2008 and in doing this provided the key linkage with the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation and the Aquafin CRC.
It provided an administrative framework and processes that:...
The principal objective of the project was to develop and pre-test a “water-to-waiter” approach/framework to evaluate the processing performance and resulting product criteria (compliance with food standards and market shelf-life requirements) of the Spencer Gulf West Coast Prawn...