The major outcomes of this project are: (1) as a result of the Training Course, each State/Territory now has one or two specialists who have recently been updated on the exotic diseases of the aquaculture industries in Australia (i.e., diseases on the National List of Reportable Diseases of Aquatic...

Following some initial research in 2001, it was found that the aquaculture industry lacked relevant training in emergency management procedures for aquatic animal health. There was a dangerous perception that all animal health matters were the preserve of external specialists and a few biologists...

Aquatic animal health experts from the Queensland Museum (QM) have been completing work on a parasite and disease database called Neptune. Work on Neptune has taken place at QM in Brisbane since May 2013, resulting in the completion of major improvements to the database. These will allow Neptune to...