Health and Production

Health and welfare improvements through sustainable production, product quality, and novel solutions to manage disease and improve animal resilience.

Production systems that improve efficiencies of high-value species with a strong focus on novel technologies, quality seed supply, and production planning and management strategies.

Early life in low oxygen: Salmon survival strategies

Oxygen content in water is much lower and more variable than in air, providing a unique challenge for aquatic organisms […]

Dominance of Parasitic Neoparamoeba perurans in the Salmon Gill Environment

Amoebic gill disease (AGD) has hindered Atlantic salmon aquaculture in Tasmania for more the 30 years. The marine amoeba Neoparamoeba […]

Diseased Salmon Gills Are Littered With Critters

Amoebic gill disease (AGD) is an important, emerging disease affecting Atlantic salmon aquaculture globally, and adds a remarkable $1.12/kg to […]

A Gill Score Guide for AGD managament

Amoebic gill disease (AGD) has been the main disease affecting farmed Atlantic salmon in Tasmania (Australia) since the mid-1980’s. The […]

Inventa 2018 – Audit of research effort and industry adoption

Project introduction Inventa 2018 is a joint CSIRO Aquaculture/Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) project exploring opportunities and barriers to […]

Bio-sensors: Discovering the secret life of oysters

Bio-sensors: Discovering the secret life of oysters Australia produces an estimated 16 million dozen oysters annually with an estimated farm […]