Project number:
2005-640
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$18,000.00
Principal Investigator:
Brian Jones
Organisation:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Project start/end date:
30 Mar 2005
-
30 Jun 2007
Contact:
FRDC
There is an existing National Policy for the Translocation of Live Aquatic Organisms. published by the Ministerial Council of Forestry, Fisheries and Aquaculture (1999). This provides the policy basis for translocation within Australia. Industry concern about the practical processes for achieving translocation approval lead to the funding of FRDC 2002/080. In addition, recent concern among jurisdictions over VER outbreaks has emphasised the need to develop technical guidelines to underpin testing, as well as policy guidelines, for finfish.
1. To progress a common approach to the translocation of live finfish across Australia for aquaculture and restocking purposes.
