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 visits were also undertaken to build international collaboration. The author visited the Grimsby Institute and was given an introduction to the Cells Alive System (CAS) which is a novel freezing technique believed to be superior to standard fast freezing systems.

The author also visited Campden BRI and discussed their high pressure processing work and with the Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) who are playing an important role in the development of European methods for the detection of marine vibrios. CEFAS has kindly offered an extensive bank of Vibrio strains for use in future AS CRC work. The author has identified and discussed the potential for collaborative links with each of the institutes that were part of the subsidiary visits.