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Understanding Ostreid herpesvirus type 1 risk: alternative hosts and in situ hybridisation logo
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Understanding Ostreid herpesvirus type 1 risk: alternative hosts and in situ hybridisation

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS) is a disease caused by the virus Ostreid herpesvirus-1 microvariant (OsHV-1 µVar). A major gap in the understand of the epidemiology of this disease is a lack of knowledge of the importance of non-OsHV-1 hosts and their role as reservoirs and in transmission of the...

15 Nov 2018 - 29 Jun 2019

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Flinders University

Evaluation of practical technologies for Perfluoroalkyl (PFA) remediation in marine fish hatcheries logo
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Evaluation of practical technologies for Perfluoroalkyl (PFA) remediation in marine fish hatcheries

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Per- and poly-fluoroalklys (PFASs) are now emerging as pollutants with potentially catastrophic impact on aquaculture facilities. Two key research institutes have already demonstrated the presence of PFASs in marine fish broodstock and have observed impacts on offspring. However, understanding of the impacts of PFASs on aquatic species is limited. In...

29 Apr 2019 - 30 Jan 2020

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)

The impact and implication of Perkinsus olseni on Australian abalone fisheries logo
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The impact and implication of Perkinsus olseni on Australian abalone fisheries

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Perkinus olseni is a protozoan parasite that has had a considerable impact on abalone populations in South Australia and New South Wales. The disease has led to mass mortality events but more typically causes losses due to lesions in the foot muscle that lead to rejection of catch by processors....

31 Dec 2020 - 30 Dec 2023

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The University of Adelaide (UA)

Exploring the occurrence and potential associated risk factors for Pilchard Orthomyxovirus (POMV) in Tasmanian farmed Atlantic Salmon logo
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Exploring the occurrence and potential associated risk factors for Pilchard Orthomyxovirus (POMV) in Tasmanian farmed Atlantic Salmon

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Pilchard orthomyxovirus (POMV) is an emerging viral disease and little is known about effective strategies to control and prevent its outbreaks that was first isolated from wild pilchards in the late 90s’ off the South coast of Australian mainland, without apparent health impact on the host. More recently, POMV has...

28 Feb 2018 - 30 Aug 2019

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The University of Adelaide (UA)

Disseminating existing bycatch reduction and fuel efficiency technologies throughout Australia's prawn fisheries logo
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Disseminating existing bycatch reduction and fuel efficiency technologies throughout Australia's prawn fisheries

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Prawn trawling is among the world's least selective fishing methods, the unintended consequence being large quantities of bycatch. It is also a method that can disturb benthic habitats and use large quantities of fuel, a significant running cost for many fisheries. Issues of bycatch and fuel efficiency are of significant...

30 Sep 2017 - 29 Nov 2018

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd

NCCP: Social, economic, and ecological risk assessment for use of Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3) for carp biocontrol in Australia logo
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NCCP: Social, economic, and ecological risk assessment for use of Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3) for carp biocontrol in Australia

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Prior to the introduction of any biocontrol agent, there is a need to undertake a risk analysis of the potential consequences. This project addresses the development of a systematic and quantitative risk assessment that will evaluate the ecological and social risks associated with the use of Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3,...

30 Jun 2017 - 30 Dec 2018

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Health and Biosecurity

Future Oysters CRC-P: Accelerated Sydney Rock Oyster (SRO) Breeding Research logo
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Future Oysters CRC-P: Accelerated Sydney Rock Oyster (SRO) Breeding Research

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Progress in the Sydney rock oyster (SRO) breeding program is constrained by a number of factors, in particular the number of families that are produced and how they are selected and tested. This program will accelerate SRO breeding progress by producing more families, earlier in each production year and using...

30 Aug 2016 - 30 Aug 2019

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)

Building biosecurity capability across the wild harvest fisheries logo
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Building biosecurity capability across the wild harvest fisheries

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Recent biosecurity events (eg. White spot in prawns) have highlighted gaps in the government and industry knowledge of biosecurity concepts and response to biosecurity breaches in the Queensland wild harvest fisheries. This investment will develop an information platform that is tailored to industry needs and will provide video and written...

14 Jun 2018 - 27 Sep 2018

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA)

Compilation of information for the US Marine Mammal Protection Act Comparability Finding process logo
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Compilation of information for the US Marine Mammal Protection Act Comparability Finding process

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Recent changes to legislation in the United States (US) requires that nations importing seafood must demonstrate that they have a regulatory program for reducing marine mammal bycatch that is comparable in effectiveness to the U.S. standards under ‘Fish and Fish Product Import Provisions’ of the Marine Mammal Protection Act 1972...

11 Oct 2020 - 18 Feb 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Alice Ilona Mackay

Future oysters CRC-P: Polymicrobial involvement in OsHV outbreaks (and other diseases) logo
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Future oysters CRC-P: Polymicrobial involvement in OsHV outbreaks (and other diseases)

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Recent research highlights the polymicrobial role in oyster diseases, and this project aims to improve the understanding of the complexity of oyster diseases by investigating the role of environmental conditions, biogeography and seasonality in structuring the oyster microbiome. Specifically, this project will deliver: - A new framework for defining oyster...

30 Aug 2016 - 30 Aug 2019

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

University of Technology Sydney (UTS)