Over the last ten years the South Australia (SA) Oyster Industry has nearly doubled its output, and now contributes nearly one hundred million dollars annually to the Gross State Product (GSP). Coincident with this growth has been an increasing sense within the industry that the mortality rates of...
ORGANISATION:
South Australian Oyster Research Council Pty Ltd (SAORC)
Each year the Australian seafood industry exports in excess of $350 million worth of perishable (live or chilled) seafoods to Asia alone. It is an industry where value adding often means 'delivery alive or ultra fresh', and as a consequence, it is highly dependent on effective air transport.
In any...
ORGANISATION:
Pacific Seafood Management Consulting Group Pty Ltd
The decline of many of the world's fisheries has stimulated interest in the enhancement of stocks by using cultured animals. Enhancement of abalone stocks with cultured Juveniles has been practiced for some time (in Japan in particular), but the high cost of rearing juveniles or the high mortality...
A three day stock assessment course was presented by Dr Malcolm Haddon of the Australian Maritime College and Dr James Scandol of the Quantitative Training Unit for Fisheries. Techniques such as biomass dynamic and age based modelling were covered.
Thereafter, a Stock Assessment Review Workshop,...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct