Abalone viral ganglioneuritis (AVG) remains a significant threat to the economic viability and stability of the Abalone industry in south-eastern Australia. Consequently, there is an urgent need for strategic research aimed at determining the likely vulnerability of fisheries to future AVG outbreaks...
Following Abalone Viral Ganglioneurits (AVG) re-emerging in the Western Zone of the Victorian Abalone Fishery in early May 2021 it was decided that a workshop needed to be convened as soon as possible with relevant stakeholders to evaluate past research and understand research gaps while the virus...
A new system of Abalone recruitment modules (ARMs) have proven to be successful in collecting
juvenile abalone in Tasmanian waters. This design was subsequently transferred to the Eastern Zone,
Victoria, where IMAS staff and Eastern Zone Abalone Industry Association (EZIZA) members installed
ARMs at...
Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) methods are used to examine the performance of prospective Harvest Control Rules for calculating the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for the Western Zone (WZ) Abalone Fishery. Of particular importance is recovery of the stock following the combined effects of...
The project was able to successfully propagate a new P. olseni isolate from Queensland and successfully cultured the isolates from Spain, Japan, New Zealand, and South Australia as well as P. chesapeaki, which was used as a negative control. We were unable to culture the Western Australian (WA)...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
The primary goal of this research was to identify attributes of the seasonal biology of Blacklip Abalone (Haliotis rubra; hereafter referred to as Blacklip) that may be beneficial for optimising fishing strategies. The optimum months to harvest Blacklip to maximise yield were identified using a...