In this study, all seven projects in the Fishmeal Replacement Sub-Program were evaluated using the techniques of benefit/cost analysis. Projects under this Sub-Program covered the period 1993 to 1996/97. There were two types of project within the Sub-Program. Five of the projects were species-based,...
ORGANISATION:
Fisheries Economics Research and Management Specialists (FERM)
The commercial production of triploid Pacific Oysters (Crassostrea gigas) has grown rapidly in recent years. There is now a push to move away from commonly used mass spawning techniques towards single pair cross selective breeding programs in an effort to improve growth and disease resistance within...
This is a report on the second stage of a two part program investigating hatchery production, farming and seeding of the commercial scallop, Pecten fumatus. A total of more than four million scallop spat were produced for farming trials and over 250 000 scallops ranging in size from 20-60 mm were...
Female penaeid prawns grow faster and may have higher feed conversion efficiency than do males. If a technique could be devised to bias the sex ratio of larvae produced so that the proportion of females in each brood outnumbered the males, the commercial grower could achieve dramatically...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct