In the past, hatcheries producing the Sydney Rock Oyster (SRO) have had challenges with specific production aspects, impacting hatchery operation costs, production reliability and supply of SRO seed to market. The hatchery sector for SRO is still in its infancy and any improvements in reliability will significantly improve the prospects for its continued development.

This project will work on a number of areas with industry to improve SRO hatchery production, such as: tetraploid technologies (Southern Cross Shellfish), increasing viable gamete storage times (The University of Newcastle), understanding spawn-inducing factors and improving maturation protocols (University of the Sunshine Coast - USC).