A recent field day on Goulburn Island, Northern Territory, highlighted achievements in the development of Tropical Rock Oyster farming by Indigenous communities in northern Australia.
The event was hosted by the Yagbanai Aboriginal Corporation (YAC) and the Warruwi Community and marked the completion of R&D funded by CRC Northern Australia to support development of Blacklip Rock Oyster farming across northern Australia.
The project took a collaborative approach to addressing the technical and regulatory issues facing this fledgling industry and was funded by the Northern Australia Cooperative Research Centre. It is complemented by FRDC research projects focussed on food safety aspects of shellfish aquaculture in the northern Australian tropics.
FRDC Research Portfolio Manager Wayne Hutchinson and NT-based FRDC Extension Officer Lauren Thornton took part in the field day and had a chance to visit the oyster farm south of Warruwi and to sample the Blacklip Rock Oysters produced by YAC. Their verdict? Delicious!
Read more:
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2020-043 Toxigenic vibrio baselines and optimum storage, transport and shelf-life conditions to inform cold supply chains in the north Australian Tropical Rock Oyster industry.
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2020-021 Contextualising shellfish food safety in Northern Australia.
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2018-005 Where should I farm my oysters? Does natural cadmium distribution restrict oyster farm site selection in the Northern Territory?
A Blacklip Rock Oyster grown by Yagbani Aboriginal Corporation on Goulburn Island.
Warruwi on Goulburn Island, NT.
Blacklip Rock Oysters grown on Goulburn Island.
The Goulburn Island oyster farm, south of Warruwi.
Oyster inspection - FRDC’s Wayne Hutchinson (left) with, Brandon Wisley of Yagbani Aboriginal Corporation and Matt Osborne of the Department of Primary Industry and Resources, NT.
FRDC staffers Wayne Hutchinson and Lauren Thornton.
This reflects R&D Plan Outcomes 1 and 2
