The saucer scallop, Amusium balloti, is distributed along the Western and Eastern coast of Australia and supports a fishery in both Queensland and Western Australia. Two commercial companies are investing in sea-ranching operations in an attempt to stabilise and increase annual catches. These...
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Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Spoilage of fresh fish products by the action of bacteria is one of the main causes of the short shelf-life of these products. A range of bacteria are responsible for this and are referred to collectively as "spoilage bacteria". Currently methods to detect both spoilage of the product and the...
Decisions about the allocation of management responsibilities for fisheries for narrow-barred Spanish mackerel, Scomberomorus commerson, as well as on-going stock assessments, require an understanding of the spatial relationships of the species. We used a suite of methods, isotope ratios in...
The International Symposium for Genetics in Aquaculture (ISGA) is a triennial premier aquaculture event that brings together globally leading researchers, industry, and students who are interested in the application of genetics to the improvement of aquaculture production and sustainability. The...
The research was conducted as a direct consequence of the 2016 Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS) outbreak TAS which decimated parts of this State’s Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) industry and caused numerous flow on effects throughout the entire Australian industry. The project was...
Huon Aquaculture and NSW DPI are working together to establish NSW’s first Yellowtail Kingfish (YTK) farm. Using a recently approved Marine Aquaculture Research Lease (MARL) and an existing farm site off Port Stephens, NSW, we have begun to establish NSW largest fish production facility, with...