SCRC: SCRC IB: “National Shellfisheries Association Conference, Whiskey Creek Hatchery, Taylor Shellfish, Hatfield marine Science Centre & aqua Technics” Tom Spykers
Final report
This study tour was undertaken to attend the WERA and 101st Shellfisheries Association Conferences held in Savannah, Georgia, USA, from 21st – 26th March 2009 and to visit shellfish hatcheries throughout Washington State and Oregon. Unfortunately I was unable to attend the WERA conference because of flight delays however Peter Kube a quantitative geneticist from the CSIRO in Hobart attended and gave a presentation on the breeding programs conducted by Shellfish Culture Ltd. The NSA meeting was comprised of three and half days of industry and research presentations with a wide range of subject areas including shellfish, crustaceans, genetics, diseases, environmental impacts and restoration. The main purpose of my attendance and the visits to the NW hatcheries was to investigate the impact of Vibrio pathogens on hatchery production and recent advances in technology and management procedures to combat its affects.
Towards reliable hatchery-produced quality blue mussels: an integrated approach to optimising supply
Aquaculture Nutrition Subprogram: strategic planning, project management and adoption
SCRC: SCRC Honours Scholarship H4.5 Improved Yellowtail Kingfish Growth Response, Flesh Quality and PUFA content through Biorefinery Microalgae LC-PUFA Aqua-Feed Additives (Prof Wei Zhang; Student Kopano Maso Machailo)
Final report
Yellowtail Kingfish is an emerging aquaculture species, and there is an increase in the demand for the fish, both for recreational fishing and for export purposes. This has led to the growth of the aquaculture industry that specialises in culture of yellowtail kingfish in South Australia. Currently very little is known about the physiological properties of yellowtail kingfish, and most data that has been generated on the fish has primarily been in Japan, where most of the scientific articles are written in Japanese.
There is currently very limited supply of microalgae in Australia for use in commercial applications, and development is underway to encourage growth of the microalgae industry with a specific focus on developing a biorefinery system. One of the main aspects of the biorefinery system will be to use waste generated by the production of biofuels in other industries which will provide value addition to the waste products from the production of biodiesel.