The report details the production performance and health performance of Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) and Giant Groper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) reared in tanks, ponds and cages within a farm in the previously white spot syndrome virus affected region of the Logan River, Queensland.
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Cardicola forsteri is the dominant blood fluke species detected in farmed Southern Bluefin Tuna in 2018. Our results have shown that traditional methods (heart flush and gill microscopy) were limited to detecting adults or eggs. Comparisons of currently used diagnostic methods showed that...
In 2016/17, the Rocky Point Prawn Farm, along with other farms in the Logan River region of south-east Queensland, was severely affected by a white spot disease outbreak caused by the exotic white spot syndrome virus (WSSV). Measures enforced to eradicate WSSV resulted in a complete loss of stock...
Traditionally, in common with other agriculture-based industries, the Australian Fishing Industry has been production, rather than consumer, oriented. In recent times, however, diminishing markets for meat, fruit and vegetables have served as catalysts for change in these industries, changes...
The mass of scallops sampled from processing plants in Melbourne during the period November 1983 - December 1994 was found to vary according to fishing ground. Tasmanian scallops were larger (mean 11.6g) than those from Port Phillip Bay (9.9g) and Lakes' Entrance (9.4g).
Scallops caught in Port...