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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-095
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Update of AQUAVETPLAN Disease Strategy Manual, White Spot Disease

This disease strategy for the control and eradication of white spot disease (WSD) is an integral part of the Australian Aquatic Veterinary Emergency Plan (AQUAVETPLAN). AQUAVETPLAN disease strategy manuals are response manuals and do not include information about preventing the introduction of...
ORGANISATION:
DigsFish Services Pty Ltd
TAGS
Invasive Species
Fisheries Management
Disease
Depredation
Contamination
Adoption

White spot in prawns

Project number: 1975-003
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $0.00
Organisation: CSIRO Geelong Waurn Ponds
Project start/end date: 28 Dec 1976 - 31 Dec 1976
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
White Spot Disease
Innovation
Consumer

Objectives

1. Determine what causes appearance of white discoloration (known as "white spot") on the shell of prawns
2. what effect this discoloration has on the eating quality of prawns.
3. Devise methods of overcoming the problem.

Final report

Author: G M Ross
Final Report • 1976-08-01 • 1.70 MB
1975-003-DLD.pdf

Summary

During the 1974 banana prawn season in the Gulf of Carpentaria, the incidence of a condition termed "white spot" was of concern to prawn processors in that area. Affected prawns were not acceptable for export because of their defective appearance. There are several possible causes of "white spot" which are discussed in the attached report.
Industry
Adoption
Industry
Industry
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-214
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Survey for WSSV vectors in the Moreton Bay White Spot Biosecurity Area

The objective of this project was to undertake opportunistic plankton sampling and collect small non-commercial species of decapod crustaceans in northern Moreton Bay and near the intakes of the three prawn farms which remained operating on the Logan River during April and May 2020, at a time when...
ORGANISATION:
DigsFish Services Pty Ltd
TAGS
White Spot Disease
Survey
Rac Qld
Fisheries Management
Disease
SPECIES
Black Tiger Prawn
Freshwater Prawns
King Prawns
Banana Prawns
Tiger Prawns
Industry
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1986-053
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Red spot disease of sea mullet (Mugil cephalus)

Red spot disease (RSD), a cutaneous ulcerative disease of estuarine fish, was first reported from the Burnetfc River in Queensland in 1972. By 1985, when the present application was submitted, seasonally recurrent RSD outbreaks were adversely affecting commercial fisheries in many east coast...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
TAGS
Estuarine
Disease
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