Aquaculture

CSIRO research is helping to ensure the economic and environmental sustainability of Australian aquaculture.

The Wealth from Oceans Flagship, together with its research partners, is providing Australia with a key capacity to discover, protect and realise the benefits of our ocean territories.

A vaccine developed to boost the profitability of Tasmania’s A$230 million Atlantic salmon industry will be tested at a marine farm south of Hobart during spring and summer.

A preliminary study of information needs relating to squid, bugs, cuttlefish and scallops in Australia’s northern prawn fishery (NPF) will guide the management of these increasingly important byproduct species in Australian trawl fisheries.

Australasia’s major livestock industries’ science and agribusiness conference – Horizons in Livestock Sciences – will be held in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 28-30 October 2008.

The Wealth from Oceans Flagship is helping transform fisheries in Australia and our region to an economically productive and ecologically sustainable status.

Good data analysis about fish and their abundance will provide information to help manage fisheries into the future.

A partnership that combines research and commercial expertise is developing a premium line of Australian abalone.

The programs of Food Futures Flagship will transform the agrifood sector of the nation through new technologies and collaborations. News from this initiative can be found in the Food Futures UPDATE e-newsletter.

This animation shows the migratory behaviour of the common banana prawn to fishing grounds in the Gulf of Carpentaria. (1:09)

Tasmania is renowned for its Atlantic salmon, but the fish are under attack from amoebic gill disease and in this podast Dr Mathew Cook, from CSIRO and the Food Futures Flagship, talks about a new a vaccine designed to boost the productivity of Tasmania’s  A$230 million a year Atlantic salmon industry. (4:53)

Dr David Smith leads research that supports the balanced use of marine resources, focusing on sustainable fisheries and aquaculture.

The Australian National Fish Collection is a comprehensive biodiversity reference and research facility housing 135 000 finfish specimens representing more than 3 000 species.

This newsletter gives an update on the events and progress of the Tasmanian ICT Centre. (2 page)

How the National Research Flagships are focussing the best of Australia's scientific resources on the most critical challenges that we face as a nation is discussed in this brochure. (36 pages)