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Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-121
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Sex reversal and sex differentiation in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

The Tasmanian Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) aquaculture industry strives to produce all-female fish, as male Atlantic Salmon are subject to precocious maturation and consequently reduced flesh quality and increased disease susceptibility when reared in high water temperatures. Several fish species,...
ORGANISATION:
Deakin University Warrnambool Campus
TAGS
Reproduction
Physiology
Nutrition
Life History
SPECIES
Atlantic Salmon
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-119
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Development of a hydrodynamic model to investigate near field and regional connectivity around Okehampton Bay

The study aims to satisfy the regulatory requirements of Environmental Licence 10172/2 from the Tasmanian EPA around Tassal’s use of Okehampton Bay for salmonoid aquaculture, particularly the possible fate of material released within Okehampton Bay into the receiving environment. To...
ORGANISATION:
Tassal Group
TAGS
Modelling
Environmental Impact
Aquaculture
SPECIES
Atlantic Salmon
Environment
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
SPECIES
Atlantic Salmon
Longfin Eel
Southern Shortfin Eel
Environment
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-097
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Survey of Enterprise-level Biosecurity across the Australian Aquaculture Industry

The Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (the department) commissioned the independent research company Instinct and Reason to conduct a survey aimed at farm owners/managers in the Australian aquaculture industry. The survey aimed to investigate the level of...
ORGANISATION:
Instinct and Reason
TAGS
Survey
Invasive Species
Disease
Biosecurity
Aquaculture
SPECIES
Southern Bluefin Tuna
Yellowtail Kingfish
Barramundi
Atlantic Salmon
Black Tiger Prawn
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-075
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aquaculture-Community Futures: North West Tasmania

This report discusses a study conducted by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies at the University of Tasmania on marine and costal wellbeing and how it can be considered in regional marine and coastal development decision making. The need for this project arose from a desire by selected...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
TAGS
Sustainability
Stakeholder
Community
Aquaculture
SPECIES
Atlantic Salmon
Blank
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-057
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Population genomic assessment of Australian Blacklip Abalone for abalone viral ganglioneuritis (AVG) resistance

Abalone viral ganglioneuritis (AVG) remains a significant threat to the economic viability and stability of the Abalone industry in south-eastern Australia. Consequently, there is an urgent need for strategic research aimed at determining the likely vulnerability of fisheries to future AVG outbreaks...
ORGANISATION:
Deakin University Warrnambool Campus
TAGS
Rac Vic
Rac Tas
Biosecurity
Avg
SPECIES
Blacklip Abalone
Greenlip Abalone
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