Depuration in the context of this report can be defined as the process by which harvested shellfish are placed in land based plants containing clean estuarine water to permit the purging of their gastrointestinal contents under controlled conditions. Depuration does not include the practice of...
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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
Skeletal deformities have been observed in cultured flounder in recent years. At times, high percentages of fish are affected, potentially influencing growth and marketability, and affecting the reliability of the experimental data collected. Many growers taking fish for pilot scale grow-out trials...
The aquaculture of Atlantic salmon began in Australia in the mid-1960' s with an importation of ova from Canada to New South Wales. Anecdotal evidence suggested that the Australian population went through a severe bottleneck event during the early years due to poor survival and subsequent small...