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Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1986-110
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Preparation of a set of guidelines on the procedures necessary to carry out baseline studies at any Australian coastal site

The discharge of ballast water from one port into another is not a recent phenomena, although its importance as a dispersal mechanism for marine species has only been fully realized in the last decade with increasing volumes of ballast water being discharged and more studies being carried out on the...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Museum
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-162
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Prawn farm effluent: origin, composition and treatment

Prawn farming is an expanding, high-value primary industry in coastal areas of Australia. Currently there are approximately 500 ha of farm ponds. The majority of prawn farms are in Queensland, but there are also farms in NSW, NT and WA with plans for expansion of the industry in all these states....
ORGANISATION:
Cooperative Research Centre for Aquaculture
SPECIES
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-083
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Immuno-staining of a ciliate protozoan causing significant mortalilty of farmed tuna: the development of a rapid identification technique which will enable improved farm management practices to be implemented to minimise fish mortality

An immunofluorescent staining technique for the rapid detection of the ciliate protozoan Uronema sp. was developed during 1995 and 1996. The initial test was developed using seven cultures of Uronema sp. from various sources which were identified as Uronema nigricans by microscopical and...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1996-285
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Identification of environmental factors, with particular reference to acid sulfate soil runoff, causing production losses in Sydney rock oysters

The study has confirmed that estuarine acidification, associated with drainage of acid sulfate soils, reduces growth rates and survival in Sydney rock oysters leading to significant production losses. The work has also demonstrated that acidification is not a factor in outbreaks of QX disease. The...
ORGANISATION:
UNSW Sydney
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-037
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Oysters Australia IPA: the use of FRNA bacteriophages for rapid re-opening of growing areas after sewage spills

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...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-027
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

ASBTIA: Optimising the use of praziquantel to manage blood fluke infections in commercially ranched SBT

This report provides a summary of work performed to develop methods to quantify Cardicola forsteri and Cardicola orientalis infections in Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) and an in vitro study to determine the efficacy of praziquantel as a treatment for C. forsteri infections. The project was also...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
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