This workshop focused on marketing directions for the Australian oyster industry. The oyster consortium vision was to: "Improve the profitability of Australian oyster businesses through increasing penetration of innovative and existing oyster products into new and existing markets." The current...

The project examined the genetic basis of antiviral resistance in oysters and abalone in response to the significant disease threats posed by oyster and abalone herpesviruses. Laboratory-based systems for the growth and assay of such viruses are problematic. The project undertook to measure the...