There have been a number of workshops in Australia that have prioritised research and development of live feed and hatchery technologies, notably two sponsored by the FRDC in 2000 and 2004. At the 2006 Australasian Aquaculture Conference, Skretting hosted a marine fin-fish hatchery session. There is now an opportunity to continue this form of communication at the upcoming Skretting Australasian Aquaculture Conference in Brisbane. At the conference there are a number of sessions that will provide background material. For example, we are organising a session entitled “Innovations in marine fin-fish larval rearing”. The session will cover significant, recent innovations in marine finfish larval rearing systems and species, drawing on international and national speakers. The speakers will set the scene for discussion between industry representatives and researchers concerning the national approach to improving production efficiency and juvenile quality in Australian hatcheries. The proposed workshop on the 7th August will take the process one step further with a series of industry and research hatchery presentations. At the end of the workshop we will have a revised hatchery plan for strategic research direction. This information can feed into the FRDC and Seafood CRC processes and links directly to the newly created Business Theme for finfish. The workshop is consistent with the priorities for communication and training discussed at the recent workshop on the CRC Theme Business Plan for Finfish production.