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...

An innovative approach linking population dynamics, fishing activities and management strategies is needed to support management decisions in coastal multi-species scalefish fisheries around Australia. These fisheries often exhibit very complex population and fishery dynamics because of their high...

In December 2005/January 2006, a disease outbreak caused high mortality rates in abalone from two land-based farms in Victoria. Two other, marine-based farms also experienced disease but to a lesser extent. The abalone species affected by the disease are Haliotis laevigata, H. rubra, and H....