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Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2002-651
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: whirling disease a disease strategy manual

Whirling disease is the disease of freshwater salmonid fish caused by the myxozoan parasite Myxobolus cerebralis. The parasite has never been detected in Australia, but is present in New Zealand and areas of North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Whirling disease is a reportable disease in...
ORGANISATION:
Paul Hardy-Smith
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1999-332
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Development of a national biotoxin strategy

In Australia aquaculture and wild harvest of shellfish is an economically important and growing industry. The safety of these products as a food source is of utmost importance from both public health and economic points of view. One of the potential problems faced by shellfish growers is...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-175
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Strategic Plan for Research and Development of the Oyster Industry in NSW

The NSW oyster industry is one of the states oldest and most valuable fishery, with a farm gate value of more than $27 million in 1994/ 5. It has an impressive history covering more than a hundred years of farming the native Sydney rock oyster Saccostrea commercialis but has experienced a decline...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
Environment

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: crayfish plague disease strategy manual

Project number: 2002-641
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $32,876.00
Principal Investigator: Fran Stephens
Organisation: Aquatilia Healthcare
Project start/end date: 29 Jun 2002 - 30 Jun 2004
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Keeping Australia free of Crayfish Plague relies on quarantine restrictions recommended by the OIE which prohibits the importation of live crayfish from countries where the disease is either reported or its presence cannot be ruled out. However, in Europe where this strategy is also carried out, attempts to protect native stocks from Crayfish Plague by banning the importation of crayfish have been unsuccessful. Although quarantine protocols have so far excluded the disease agent from Australia, it is vital that an eradication and control strategy is in place in the event of a diagnosis of the disease.

This application seeks to provide the Australian freshwater crayfish industry with an efficient and successful eradication and control strategy for Crayfish Plague that can be immediately applied should a disease incursion occur. The strategy would be based on the experience of other countries affected by the disease, and current and applicable scientific evidence. Detailed knowledge of affected industries, the region and habitat, diagnostic laboratories and current methods is required and the strategy would be developed in consultation with stakeholder groups. The Crayfish Plague disease strategy manual would form part of the AQUAVETPLAN requirements for management of disease incursions as identified by the government under the Emergency Response Management Plan for aquatic diseases.

Objectives

1. Develop a draft Crayfish Plague disease strategy manual for management of a disease incursion
2. Peer review of draft manual
3. Raise industry awareness of the disease Crayfish Plague
4. Develop disease management policies with stakeholder groups, ensuring that consensus for the preferred control policy or policies is achieved between government and industry groups
5. Provide a completed Crayfish Plague disease strategy manual

Final report

ISBN: 0 86905 854 1
Author: Frances Stephens
Final Report • 2004-05-12 • 2.34 MB
2002-641-DLD.pdf

Summary

Crayfish plague is a serious disease of freshwater crayfish in Europe. The infectious agent, Aphanomyces astaci, is an Oomycete that produces hyphae and zoospores and is similar to a fungus. Studies have shown that Australian freshwater crayfish are susceptible to the disease but the disease has never been diagnosed in Australia.

The production of a crayfish plague disease strategy manual was prioritised for funding as part of the Emergency Management Planning Program of the Federal Budget Initiative 'Building a National Approach to Animal and Plant Health'. The project was administered by the Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram of the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation. The manual was developed with extensive consultation with key industry and government groups, including public meetings in Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide.

People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-322
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Establishing a recreational fishing working group to develop a national implementation plan R, D and E.

Following the success of the National Strategy for the Survival of Released Line Caught Fish it was considered that a national approach needed to be developed to address a broader range of recreational fisheries R,D&E issues. A workshop was held in Hobart in August 2005 to determine the...
ORGANISATION:
Recfish Australia
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-113
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Controlled advance of out of season Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) brood stock spawning through manipulation of environmental cues using RAS technology (Huon Aquaculture Company)

Tasmania’s available areas of sheltered Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) marine lease space are highly utilised with collaborative research recommending greater utilisation of onshore recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) combined with expansion into offshore areas to produce more...
ORGANISATION:
Huon Aquaculture Group Ltd
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