Most marine and freshwater fishes depend on plankton for food during a period shortly after birth until they are large enough to switch to other prey. At the Inland Fisheries Research Station, Narrandera (NIFRS), native fish are spawned and the larvae transferred to rearing ponds for approximately...
The central aims of this project were to identify major practical constraints to the development of a commercially viable barramundi hatchery and farming enterprise in Northern Australia and to demonstrate that hatchery rearing of barramundi constituted a feasible alternative to the importation of...
The Western Australian Research Laboratories began investigating the feasibility of artificially propagating the silverlip or goldlip pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima, (Jameson) in 1982 and culminated its study by operating a pilot scale, seasonal hatchery at the Broome Jetty, Broome, Western...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
This workshop focused on marketing directions for the Australian oyster industry. The oyster consortium vision was to:
"Improve the profitability of Australian oyster businesses through increasing penetration of innovative and existing oyster products into new and existing markets."
The current...
The pearling industry is Australia’s most valuable aquaculture industry, generating approximately $187 million in 1997 (source: ABARE 1997). The oysters used to culture pearls are derived almost entirely from wild stock shell, rather than hatchery produced stock as occurs in other major...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
The relatively high catch of invertebrate species in Western Australia compared to finfish is in sharp contrast to other regions of the world where finfish production usually dominates. This low level of finfish production is primarily due to the Leeuwin Current which brings warm, low nutrient...
The Western Australian Pearling Industry is totally reliant on
quotas of wild stock silver- or goldlip pearl oysters,
Pinctada maxima. Any sustainable expansion of the Industry is
unlikely to occur unless hatchery-propagated oysters become
available as an alternative source to wild stock....
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA