The strategic challenge for the rock oyster industry in Australia is to maximise production from current aquaculture lease areas, particularly in an environment where increased lease space is unlikely to be made available due to competition for use of the resource from conservation, development and...
The Tasmanian freshwater eel industry captures short- and long-finned eels (Anguilla australis and A. reinhardtii) from rivers and freshwater impoundments by predominantly fyke nets. Generally over 95% of the harvest is short-finned eel. The fish are held for a period in holding tanks before being...
Approximately every 5-10 years there are major global pandemic shrimp disease events leading to socioeconomic devastation of most of the global industry. This has included global pandemics caused by Infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV), Infectious Myonecrosis Virus, Yellow...
This Trade and Market Access resource area offers comprehensive guidance on navigating trade dynamics and market access in the Australian fisheries and aquaculture sector. Here, you can explore a wealth of information:
ABARES Annual Australian Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics...
A step forward in monitoring and surveillance is helping fishers and shellfish producers address risks that have begun blooming with increased regularity in the southern waters
Juan Dorantes-Aranda (left) and Gustaaf Hallegraeff from the University of Tasmania were instrumental in validating...
Austral Fisheries takes sustainability to the next level, investing in tree planting to offset the impact of carbon emissions from fishing
David Carter with MSC-certified Glacier 51 Toothfish, which is in the process of being certified as carbon neutral. Photo: Aimee Ralph
By Catherine...
General effects of algal blooms in Australia
In the past two decades, there has been an apparent increase in the frequency, intensity and geographical distribution of toxic algal blooms in Australian coastal, estuarine and freshwater systems. The formation of these toxic blooms is aided by...