This workshop focused on marketing directions for the Australian oyster industry. The oyster consortium vision was to: "Improve the profitability of Australian oyster businesses through increasing penetration of innovative and existing oyster products into new and existing markets." The current...

The Pacific oyster breeding project initiated in FRDC 97/321 was continued. Both mass selection and family selection procedures were employed. The main trait of interest was growth rate, although shell shape and condition index were also recorded. Families were monitored on five farms. Two were...