Australia comprises fifteen different prawn fisheries across Australia with a combined value at close to $1billion in gross revenue. A look at several other Australian fisheries showed that those that had been successful at addressing issues at a national level had national representative...

The barramundi industry has the potential for significant growth. To date this potential has not been met for a variety of reasons; profitability concerns, technical production and performance issues, site development constraints, and price and competition uncertainties all impact on the confidence...

In January 2006, a previously unknown herpes‐like virus was identified as being the most likely cause of mass mortalities of abalone (Haliotis spp.) in a number of aquaculture farms in south‐west and central Victoria (Hardy‐Smith, 2006). The disease caused by the virus was named abalone viral...