Per- and poly-fluoroalkly substances (PFASs) are now emerging as pollutants with potentially catastrophic impact on aquaculture facilities. Two key research institutes, Port Stephens Fisheries Institute (PSFI) in NSW and Australian Centre for Applied Aquaculture Research (ACAAR) in Western Australia...

Ships' ballast water was sampled on 28 occasions in four ports between November, 1976, and October, 1978. A 100.,u plankton net was hand hauled vertically 5 times in each tank. Eight non indigenous species were obtained: 6 copepods, 1 mysid and 1 amphipod. A further 14 species of...