The history of BPLV in Australia is one in which mass mortalities have occurred repeatedly among cultured larvae almost completely without warning. There is no published data on where the virus comes from (i.e. its source or origin), or, in the case of stock being transferred interstate, the...

This is a report on the second stage of a two part program investigating hatchery production, farming and seeding of the commercial scallop, Pecten fumatus. A total of more than four million scallop spat were produced for farming trials and over 250 000 scallops ranging in size from 20-60 mm were...

Triploids (3n) are organisms with three sets of chromosomes, while the normal diploid (2n) organisms have only two sets. Over the past two decades, triploids have been studied in more than 20 species of molluscs. The main interests of those studies have primarily focused on their sterility and...

This report describes the results of an ex-post benefit cost analysis of the FRDC ­funded project 'Enhancement of yabby production from Western Australian farm dams' (Project No. 1994-075). The project was carried out by the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. The main findings of the...