Finfish aquaculture is the single most valuable sector of South Australia’s aquaculture industry, and is likely to see continual growth into the near future. Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) farming is well established in the Port Lincoln region, and there is currently provision for...

The production and sale of shellfish for human consumption in WA is regulated by the Department of Health (DoH) through implementation of the Western Australian Quality Assurance Program (WASQAP). As a result, testing for the presence of biotoxins is a mandatory requirement under the WASQAP. The...

Expansion of the long-spined sea urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii southwards from southern New South Wales, through Eastern Victoria, the Bass Strait Islands to the Tasman Peninsular has occurred over the past few decades, with localised destructive consequences for subtidal habitat and associated...

The Australian Southern Rocklobster (ASR) industry exports approximately 90% of the 4,400t harvest as a live product to Hong Kong/China. The export value peaked at approximately $190 million in 2001/02. The industry generates in excess of 3,000 jobs and $0.5 billion in economic activity primarily...

Clean Seas Tuna Ltd. (CST) as a participant in the Australian Seafood Co-operative Research Centre (CRC) has a suite of nine research projects addressing the nine objectives set out in the overarching proposal 2007/707 “Resolving larval rearing, juvenile development and productivity constraints for...