Western Australia's extensive coastline is currently underutilized for marine finfish production, yet a recent Aquaculture Development Council discussion paper pointed out that aquaculture sites along this coastline can collectively host between 25,000 and 100,000 tons of annual finfish production....
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Fremantle
Herpesviruses can potentially destroy Australia's oyster and abalone fisheries, with aquaculture being particularly vulnerable. One of the few interventions available to these industries is to breed genetically resistant stock. The breeding programs currently underway have focussed on other...
In September 2011, APFA/CSIRO wrote to all Giant Tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon) farmers to ask for feedback on whether the removal of viral pathogens from wild and/or domesticated broodstock would benefit their commercial production systems, and where this sat in terms of their R&D priorities. This...
This project is in response to a catastrophic mortality of a commercial abalone fishery in Western Australia due to an anomalous environmental event in the summer of 2010/11. During this event, termed a "marine heatwave", SST rose to lethal levels for this species (roe's abalone) and effectively...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Amoebic gill disease (AGD) continues to have a significant economic impact upon production of sea-farmed Atlantic salmon in Tasmania. The disease is initiated by attachment of trophozoites of the marine ectoparasite Neoparamoeba perurans, causing a host gill tissue response that expresses grossly as...