Project number: 2000-480
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $5,000.00
Principal Investigator: Felicia Kow
Organisation: Australian Maritime College (AMC)
Project start/end date: 28 Sep 2001 - 17 Oct 2001
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. Development of value added meat based products from under utilised shellfish resource, wild harvest Pacific oysters

Final report

Author: Dr F. Kow and Mr A. Duke
Final Report • 2001-10-16 • 867.74 KB
2000-480-DLD.pdf

Summary

The introduction of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas into Tasmanian waters has led to a large population of feral Pacific oysters. This resource is to the most part under utilised and generally viewed as a pest. Harvesting this resource would provide both social and environmental benefits. To achieve the maximum economic benefit for the community from the utilisation of wild harvest Pacific oysters there is a need to develop value-added products. With this in mind the aim of this report is to investigate the level of interest among consumers, for new products using wild harvest Pacific oyster meat.

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