Oysters Australia Pty Ltd, the first national body representing the interests of all Australian oyster growers was incorporated on the 3rd October, 2011. The board comprises six grower directors selected from state based bodies the South Australian Oyster Growers Association, the South Australian...
ORGANISATION:
South Australian Oyster Research Council Pty Ltd (SAORC)
This report concludes investigations into the economic and biological viability of scallop culture in Tasmania. Research into spat settlement and ongrowing methods has continued from the 1970's and the current TFDA and FIRTA funded programmes (1980-84) have successfully cultured scallops to legal,...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE TAS)
Judd Evans and I attended the WERA 099 Broodstock Management, Genetics and Breeding Programs for Molluscan Shellfish meeting on Sunday the 6th of April and the National Shellfish Association Annual Conference, 6th to 10th of April, held in Providence, Rhode Island. We then travelled, via New York,...
The accumulation of paralytic shellfish toxins (PST) of microalgal origin in abalone tissues causes a trade and human health risk that requires active management. Toxic algal blooms of the genus Alexandrium have recently caused several abalone harvest closures on the east coast of Australia. Risk...
This study tour was undertaken to attend the WERA and 101st Shellfisheries Association Conferences held in Savannah, Georgia, USA, from 21st – 26th March 2009 and to visit shellfish hatcheries throughout Washington State and Oregon. Unfortunately I was unable to attend the WERA conference...