The Aquatic Animal Health (AAH) Subprogram was established in 2001, prompted by the federal budget initiative Building a National Approach to Animal and Plant Health. Under a joint agreement between AFFA and FRDC, the subprogram was initiated to manage the establishment of the subprogram, develop,...

Since the early 1990’s, a large proportion of the abalone along ~500 km of the NSW coastline have died. The mortality apparently commenced around Sydney and the Central Coast in the early 1990s, and has gradually spread north to Port Stephens and south to Jervis Bay. Sporadic histological...

In October 2001, batches of mixed size silverlip pearl oysters, Pinctada maxima, from farms in the Zone 1 Fishery (Exmouth Gulf to Port Hedland) were found to be infected with an intracellular ciliate. The ciliate had not previously been seen, despite previous extensive testing of shell from the...

Initial impetus for EMS: Environmentally sustainable development and responsibility has been gaining worldwide awareness since Agenda 21 was produced as the international blueprint for environmental management in the 21st century. Under that global umbrella (and the responsibilities/obligations...

There has been increasing focus and emphasis on the ecological sustainability of human development, including development involving fisheries, in the last several decades. But in the last decade a potentially confusing range of different names and concepts are being used to describe and guide this....