The author and son, Glenn, have been involved in the octopus fishery since 1988 having been drawn to the idea by the “Report on the third phase survey for commercial harvesting of octopuses in W.A. waters” carried out by the Department of Fisheries and Japanese advisors in 1981. Having...

To date, the RLEAS has managed a portfolio of 19 projects representing a total investment from FRDC and stakeholders of nearly $17 million between 1998 and 2006. Outcomes from 12 of these projects have been delivered to date. Not only have the activities of the RLEAS and its Steering...

This research has advanced our understanding of how fish growth is influenced by nutrition, by environment and by the interaction between nutritional and environmental factors. When the research started the majority of nutrition research considered the performance of feeds under optimum...

The Aquaculture Nutrition Subprogram was established in 2001 to maintain communication and momentum in aquaculture nutrition research in Australia, and to ensure focused investment in this research discipline and optimum return on research investment. This has continued over the past 3 years as a...