This project, an Industry Partnership Agreement (IPA) between Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) and Oysters Australia (OA), was instigated to manage project development between and within OA's member states and co-ordinate access to the most suitable funding sources for RD&E goals. During the life of the four-year project, 33 oyster R&D projects to the value of $10.1 million were conducted, with the IPA involved in all but three projects. The majority of projects were consistent with the priorities in the OA Strategic Plan 2014-2019. However, in the project's first year an outbreak of the Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS) in Tasmania killed a large proportion of the oyster crop. Consequently, the mix of projects changed from industry growth and market development, to industry survival.