The Western Australian Research Laboratories began investigating the feasibility of artificially propagating the silverlip or goldlip pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima, (Jameson) in 1982 and culminated its study by operating a pilot scale, seasonal hatchery at the Broome Jetty, Broome, Western...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
This project was prompted by poor or variable availability of wild commercial scallop spat for fisheries enhancement and farming in southern Australia and by generally poor and variable success of commercial oyster hatcheries in earlier attempts to fill this shortfall.
Scallops from Jervis Bay,...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)