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PUBLISHED:
2015-06-01

Oyster growers invest in genetic POMS resistance

As a devastating disease spreads from French Pacific Oyster farms to the rest of the world, an Australian industry-based R&D company is preparing to defend against inevitable incursions Making use of ASI breeding improvements: (from left) Ian, Anna and Thomas Duthie on the water at...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-243
DATE START/END: 18 JAN 2015 - 29 JUN 2015

NSW Oyster Industry Strategic Development Plan

Previous FRDC and CRC funded projects have identified factors affecting growth and profitability of the NSW oyster industry. For example, Schrobback (QUT), in “Economic analyses of Australia’s Sydney rock oyster (SRO) industry”, described the NSW SRO industry as having been in a state of...
ORGANISATION:
Oysters Australia Ltd
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-102
DATE START/END: 22 AUG 2021 - 2 JUN 2022

A review of fisheries enhancement methods to promote profitability and sustainability in Australian fisheries

Fisheries managers have employed a range of techniques in efforts to enhance the productivity of commercial and recreational fisheries. The techniques have focussed on improving limiting biological parameters within the fisheries, including spawning, recruitment through to harvest size, growth rates...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Brisbane
Industry
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-224
DATE START/END: 29 SEP 2007 - 30 OCT 2010

Seafood CRC: Increasing the profitability of Penaeus monodon farms via the use of low water exchange, microbial floc production systems at Australian Prawn Farms and at CSIRO

During late 2005 Australian Prawn Farms (APF) carried out a trial to test whether black tiger prawns, Penaeus monodon, could be grown using a zero water exchange culture system, based on the so-called ‘Belize’ system. The concept behind the Belize system is that in a closed system, any nutrients...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA)
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PUBLISHED:
2020-10-01

Opportunities for expansion in northern Australia

With potenial new industries ripe for development in northern Australia, collaborative efforts will be key to success. By Rebecca Thyer Sweet-tasting and fast-growing, tropical rock oysters have been enjoyed for generations by Indigenous Australians. The oysters occur naturally along...
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PUBLISHED:
2016-03-01

New ocean "property" to increase production

Proof-of-concept research in Tasmania is investigating the possibility of artificial reefs to increase high-value seafood production An artist’s impression of what a seasteading community might look like, part of a vision to make greater use of the world’s marine resources. Image:...
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