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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-149
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Planning for a Blue Future Salmon - informing R&D, regulation and industry development

The Tasmanian salmon industry is seeking to grow production safely and sustainably in the next two decades, further increasing the tangible benefits to the Tasmanian community. Our aim, through the Tasmanian Global Salmon Symposium partnership, is to deliver this by being the most environmentally...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
TAGS
Sustainability
Offshore
Fisheries Management
Ecosystem
Community
SPECIES
Atlantic Salmon
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-741
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: synopsis of Amoebic Gill Disease (AGD) research to date and review/recommendation of future AGD related R&D directions including the development of a vaccine for AGD

The major outcome of this project was the development of a 2011 R&D strategy by the TSGA. This included a list of R&D priorities for 2011, including AGD related research, and a specific list of areas of interest for 2011. Subsequent to this the TSGA received 7 project proposals pertaining to...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
TAGS
Vaccine
Physiology
Innovation
Husbandry
Education
SPECIES
Atlantic Salmon
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-210
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aquafin CRC - Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Subprogram: use of immunomodulation to improve fish performance in Australian temperate water finfish aquaculture

Before this project our knowledge of immune response in Amoebic Gill Disease (AGD) was fundamentally limited and more information was required to assess the potential for immunomodulators in the management of AGD. We confirmed that injection of bacterial DNA motif (CpG oligonucleotides) six...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
TAGS
Vaccine
Stock Assessment
Physiology
Disease
Aquaculture
SPECIES
Atlantic Salmon
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-214
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aquafin CRC - Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Subprogram: effects of husbandry on AGD

Before this project our knowledge of the effects of husbandry on Amoebic Gill Disease (AGD) was limited. This project allowed on-farm assessment of effects of husbandry procedures and stock characteristics on AGD severity. Furthermore, we investigated the potential to re-use fresh water for...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
TAGS
Vaccine
Stock Assessment
Husbandry
Freshwater
Disease
SPECIES
Atlantic Salmon
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-215
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aquafin CRC - Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Subprogram: establishment of challenge for AGD

This project has increased our knowledge of Amoebic Gill Disease, in particular about the pathogen and the dynamics of infection. We have described a new species of neoparamoeba, Neoparamoeba perurans, and showed that it has been consistently associated with AGD worldwide. Stocking...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
TAGS
Vaccine
Stock Assessment
Disease
Aquaculture
Animal Health
SPECIES
Atlantic Salmon
Industry
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2003-200
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aquafin CRC - Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Subprogram: strategic planning, project management and adoption

This project implemented the agreed Strategic R&D Plan for the salmon industry for the period 2003-2006. It provided an economical administrative framework and processes which: Engaged stakeholders, specifically the salmon farming industry and the State managers responsible for its...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
TAGS
Stakeholder
Reproduction
Nutrition
Fisheries Management
Consumer Health
SPECIES
Atlantic Salmon
Trouts
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2000-223
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aquafin CRC - Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Subprogram: facilitation, administration and promotion

The salmon industry is one of Australia’s largest aquaculture industries and produced approximately 16,000 tonnes of farmed Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, in 2001/02 at an estimated farm gate value of $170 million. The industry is a major regional and youth employer and is based in Tasmania...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
TAGS
Workshop
Sustainability
Social Science
Social Science
Profitability
SPECIES
Atlantic Salmon
Adoption
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