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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
TAGS
Waste
Pollution
Nutrition
Fisheries Management
Aquaculture
SPECIES
Prawns
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-115
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

National tropical oyster aquaculture workshop - Darwin 2018

The first national workshop on tropical oyster aquaculture was held in Darwin on 22 to 23 October, 2018 at the Waterfront Campus of Charles Darwin University (CDU). The workshop brought together representatives from Aboriginal communities, industry, government agencies, and Australian and...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (NT)
TAGS
Post Harvest
Food Safety
Economic
Disease
Community
SPECIES
Oysters
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-102
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Understanding Ostreid herpesvirus type 1 risk: alternative hosts and in situ hybridisation

South Australia (SA) has a large edible oyster industry primarily growing Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas). The industry is regionally-based, an important employer and a substantial contributor to regional economies. Pacific oyster mortality syndrome (POMS) is a serious infectious disease of C....
ORGANISATION:
Flinders University
TAGS
Recreational Fishing
Mortality
Disease
Biotechnology
Biosecurity
SPECIES
Sydney Rock Oyster
Pacific Oyster
Blue Mussel
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-090
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Improving early detection surveillance and emergency disease response to Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS) using a hydrodynamic model for dispersion of OsHV-1

Rapid predictive capability of viral spread through water during an aquatic disease outbreak is an epidemiologist’s dream, and up until now has not been achievable. A biophysical particle tracking model for Ostreid herpesvirus 1 microvariant (OsHV-1) that causes POMS was developed to determine...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)
TAGS
Oceanography
Mortality
Modelling
Fisheries Management
Ecosystem
SPECIES
Pacific Oyster
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-200.40
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Growing a profitable, innovative, collaborative Australian Yellowtail Kingfish aquaculture industry: bringing ‘white’ fish to the market. WA Component

This set of experiments compared the growth performance, survival and health of yellowtail kingfish (YTK) sourced from two different hatcheries (Strain 1 and Strain 2) fed on various diets over a commercially relevant time period of 56 weeks (ca. 13 months). Fish health was assessed routinely...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Fremantle
TAGS
Stakeholder
Nutrition
Husbandry
Economic
Aquaculture
SPECIES
Yellowtail Kingfish
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-238
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Rural R and D for Profit: Easy-Open Oyster automation

This project attempted to overcome the consumer barrier to oyster shucking by developing the idea of an Easy Open oyster suggested by Mr Robert Simmonds, owner of Oyster Bob Pty Ltd. This entailed making a slit in the edge of the oyster shell and resealing it with wax so that the oyster remained...
ORGANISATION:
Dr Len Stephens
TAGS
Market Opportunities
Labelling
Economic
Consumer
Automation
SPECIES
Pacific Oyster
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-729
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: Australian edible oyster industry business plan

The Australian oyster industry comprises approximately 550+ individuals and businesses located principally in three states, NSW, South Australia and Tasmania. A predominately family owned, owner-operated industry in 2007, the industry had a projected net farm gate value of between $90 and $100...
ORGANISATION:
Pinnacle Agribusiness
TAGS
Workshop
Training
Sustainability
Supply Chain
Profitability
SPECIES
Sydney Rock Oyster
Native Oyster
Pacific Oyster
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-321
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Understanding the value of environmental accreditation to the recreational fishing community.

Melanie Young and Malcolm Poole attended the Ecotourism Australia Conference, held from 9 to 11 November 2009, in order to satisfy objectives relating to assessment of the Ecotourism Australia Accreditation and the potential benefits to the professional fishing sector. They aimed to identify...
ORGANISATION:
Recreational Fishing Alliance of NSW
TAGS
Training
Stakeholder
Resource Access And Allocation
Recreational Fishing
Leadership
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-700
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: a critical evaluation of supply-chain temperature profiles to optimise food safety and quality of Australian oysters

The majority of Australian oyster production occurs in New South Wales, Tasmania and South Australia. New South Wales industry produces both the Sydney Rock Oyster and the Pacific Oyster. The Tasmanian and South Australian industries produce the Pacific Oyster. Temperature requirements in the Export...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
TAGS
Supply Chain
Stakeholder
Seafood Quality
Market Opportunities
Innovation
SPECIES
Sydney Rock Oyster
Pacific Oyster
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2002-426
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

APFA integrated HACCP/QA/EMS program

Prior to the commencement of this project approximately eighteen months ago there was no food safety program developed for the Australian prawn farming industry. Nor was there was a quality program. There were no training modules available for the industry in relation to food safety or...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA)
TAGS
Training
Stakeholder
Food Safety
Fisheries Management
Aquaculture
SPECIES
Black Tiger Prawn
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