This is a report on the second stage of a two part program investigating hatchery production, farming and seeding of the commercial scallop, Pecten fumatus. A total of more than four million scallop spat were produced for farming trials and over 250 000 scallops ranging in size from 20-60 mm were...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
A two and a half year study was conducted to compare the performance of sibling diploid and triploid Sydney rock oysters Saccostrea commercialis (Iredale and Roughley) at three intertidal and one subtidal site in Port Stephens, New South Wales (NSW).
The findings of this study have major...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
To support a series of school excursions run by the Professional Fisherman's Association a series of lesson plans were developed to support teaching during the excursion and back in the classroom. These lesson plans made up the first stage of the project. The second stage of the project was to...
AQUAPLAN was generated as a National Strategic Plan for Aquatic Animal Health in recognition of the growing importance of protecting fisheries and aquaculture industries from disease. This project allowed NSW Fisheries to begin implementing one component of the National AQUAPLAN objectives,...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)