This grant provided the opportunity to broaden both knowledge and practical skills through gaining experience with new species and hatchery techniques in a premiere aquaculture research facility. The grant recipient travelled to Port Stephens Fisheries Institute (PSFI) for one week from 19-24...
As a newly emerging Yellowtail Kingfish (Seriola lalandi) producer in WA, it would benefit staff members of Indian Ocean Fresh Australia to view much larger scale Yellowtail farms and understand how they are managed and how operations are conducted.
Areas of interest include:
Growth rates and...
Barramundi is naturally a mass spawning species, which can be induced to spawn in captivity under conditions that attempt to replicate the natural environment. The Australian Barramundi industry has on hand a large number of mature broodstock that are currently supplying the grow-out market,...
Develop knowledge and skills in flow cytometry to help advance the progress of my CRC project; advance my professional development; share my skills and knowledge with relevant CRC participants and projects.
Flow cytometry is a very useful tool which can be used for almost any molecular application...
This visiting expert grant allowed exposure of two European mollusc researchers, Dr Pierre Boudry and Dr Helen McCombie, to the Australian shellfish industry, in particular the oyster industry.
Information and advice were passed directly on to Australian researchers and farmers in regards to lessons...
Over one million pairs of seabirds breed annually on the Houtman Abrolhos island group, 60 km off the mid-western coast of Australia, the largest seabird breeding station in the eastern Indian Ocean. This report describes in detail the diets and breeding patterns of six key seabird species that...
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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA