In December 2005/January 2006, following an outbreak of abalone viral ganglioneuritis in both farmed and wild abalone, the aetiologic agent was identified as a herpes-like virus that infected nerve tissues of affected abalone. Previous research was successful in developing PCR-based diagnostic tests...

In September 2007 the Northern Australian Fisheries Committee (NAFC) resolved to develop a Harvest Strategy Framework to guide the management of red snapper species across northern Australia. NAFC is comprised of the executive directors of the fisheries management agencies of Western Australia,...

In Australia, fish stocking activities have resulted in the creation of valuable new ‘put and take’ fisheries as well as enhancing existing wild fisheries (Rowland et al. 1983;Cadwallader & Kerby 1995; Rowland 1995; Holloway & Hamlyn 1998; Ingram et al. 2004). As a result, stocking activities have...

Due to the increasing focus on the social element of the operations of fisheries and the previously opportunitistic nature of project funding, the coordination program is aimed at addressing the capacity of FRDC to increase beneficial outcomes from funded social sciences research and ensure that the...

Aquaculture within Spencer Gulf and South Australia represents a farm gate value of $211M for 2005/2006 (Econosearch 2007). Key aquaculture species include southern bluefin tuna, yellowtail knigfish, abalone and oysters with existing and proposed zones around much of the perimeter of Spencer Gulf....