Biofouling negatively affects shellfish production through several pathways, including: 1) reducing natural mussel spat settlement rates; 2) preying upon mussel spat and juveniles; 3) competing for food with mussels; and 4) smothering established mussels. These problems are well documented in the...

The workshop was held under the auspices of the Select Oyster Breeding Company of New South Wales (SOCo) and Australian Seafood Industries (ASI), companies involved with selective breeding programs for Sydney rock and Pacific oysters respectively. Its aim was to clarify and consolidate the views of...

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...