The Australian oyster industry has always encountered challenges from “over-catch” (fouling) and pest species from a myriad of sources: oysters, barnacles, sea squirts, flatworms, mudworm etc. While these pests are regionally specific, the issue is common across all growing areas and in all cases is...
The technical trade hurdles that Australian seafood products have to overcome to maintain international market access increase each year, with additional microbiological and chemical tests being imposed by importing countries. The Australian abalone sector has not escaped this increasing regulation...
This application was developed following a thorough literature review of seafood/fish consumption in the older population (Project 2008/796). Limited information was found regarding fish/seafood/omega 3 intake in the older population (over 50 years of age), and there were few randomized controlled...
As the seafood industry sector continues to grow in specific regions of Australia, it becomes evermore interwoven into the fabric of these communities. These communities generally are not large state capitals, but small tight knit centres of population, such as Port Lincoln. These towns recognise...
The PDRF will be working for the CRC 100% and is included in CRC projects at no cost to those projects and no additional cost to the CRC because costs are paid here. Tasks are to assist on several specific CRC projects within the Future Harvest Theme. The PDRF will also provide support to CRC...
Since the early 1990’s and through the life of two previous CRC’s and this current Seafood CRC much research, both fundamental and applied, has been undertaken into amoebic gill disease (AGD) in Atlantic salmon. This research has been undertaken by a number of research organisations, the industry...