Project number: 2012-228
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $67,000.00
Principal Investigator: Tom Lewis
Organisation: RDS Partners Pty Ltd
Project start/end date: 18 Dec 2012 - 18 Aug 2013
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Stakeholder
Social Acceptability
Publication
Management
Innovation
SPECIES
Atlantic Salmon

Need

Key outputs will be the advice provided by visiting experts during their time in Tasmania.

This advice will be captured in the form of notes and summaries from discussions with the experts.

Extension will take the form of ensuring the advice is provided to, and understood by, the EAF Steering Committee and proponents

Objectives

1. Facilitate engagement of industry experts with EAF proponents to provide guidance regarding design, operation and governance of the EAF.
2. Capture knowledge and understanding of design, establishment and operation of similar facilities.
3. Incorporate captured knowledge and understanding into relevant EAF design, establishment, operation and governance considerations.

Final report

ISBN: 978-0-9872175-3-0
Authors: Tom Lewis Morag Anderson Adam Main
Final Report • 2014-04-01 • 588.27 KB
2012-228-DLD.pdf

Summary

While the Australian salmon and shellfish aquaculture industries have international counterparts, there are specific local issues, notably warmer water temperatures and amoebic gill disease (AGD) requiring specific, local research attention. Given the maturity of the industry, the presence of both a university (the University of Tasmania) and the national research organisation (CSIRO) in Hobart, Tasmania is well-placed to develop an Experimental Aquaculture Facility (EAF) of international standing.

For several years there has been discussion regarding establishing an EAF in Hobart, Tasmania. It was envisaged that this would involve collaborative research amongst producers, researchers, regulators, feed suppliers and research and development corporations, amongst others.

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