Vibrio spp. are bacteria that naturally occur in oysters. Some Vibrio spp. such as V. parahaemolyticus cause human disease when levels are high and oysters are eaten raw. Predictive tools can be used to estimate V. parahaemolyticus levels in oysters, and to monitor and design cold chains that...
The author attended a PhD training course which provided an introduction to a wide suite of biochemical methods that can be used to assess post-mortem changes in fish. The information gathered will be useful across a range of projects in the Australian Seafood CRC (AS CRC). A number of subsidiary...
The aquaculture of Atlantic salmon began in Australia in the mid-1960' s with an importation of ova from Canada to New South Wales. Anecdotal evidence suggested that the Australian population went through a severe bottleneck event during the early years due to poor survival and subsequent small...