The overall goal for shellfish culture limited (SCL) is to make tetraploid technology work as effectively as anywhere in the world. In many ways, SCL is ahead of the game, with dedicated facilities and technicians to pursue this goal. There is currently only a hand full of commercial operations...

Objectives: To make recommendations aimed to facilitate the long term sustainability of the selective breeding programs in Australia To ensure that the process and progress of the review is communicated clearly and transparently to industry stakeholders To review options for the...

The research was conducted as a direct consequence of the 2016 Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS) outbreak TAS which decimated parts of this State’s Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) industry and caused numerous flow on effects throughout the entire Australian industry. The project was...

As a result of the development of a protocol for oyster blood sample collection, preservation and transportation and subsequent catecholamine analysis during the course of this project, a test now exists which can be used to measure stress in oysters. This test will be used in the...