Tagging is an important tool for estimating key fisheries parameters such as fishing mortality, natural mortality and growth. This project identified the need for future tagging projects to undertake preliminary studies to determine the impact of tagging on both growth and survival, and we developed...

Infection by marine Vlbrlo bacteria is still considered to be the major opportunistic cause of mass mortalities of pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima} on farm lease sites in the north west of Western Australia. Vibriosis of P. maxima was found to occur following some form of stressful husbandry...