This project aimed to investigate the efficacy of translocation of mature abalone for stock rebuilding.  Read More

The Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Center is developing a Theme Business Plan to support and coordinate a cooperative approach to aquaculture genetics research in the CRC.  Read More

Well designed selective breeding programs have been the key to the successful development and ongoing viability of major aquaculture industries worldwide.  Read More

This research aimed to investigate the presence of antiviral activity in abalone Haliotis laevigata (greenlip), H. rubra (blacklip) and their hybrid.  Read More

By providing the resources to complete existing large-scale, long-term field studies, compile accurate economic data, and undertake comprehensive bioeconomic modelling, this project allowed a comprehensive commercial-scale evaluation of abalone stock enhancement to be undertaken.  Read More

This project extends the use of modeling which is underway in other CRC and FRDC projects into economic evaluation of Australian abalone fisheries. Combining biological and economic modeling has recently provided guidance to the Southern Rocklobster industry on management changes that increase the economic yield of the fishery threefold compared with the original management regime.  Read More

This project aimed to quantify density-dependent effects on wild abalone growth and meat quality. Further work was done to develop a tool that may be used to classify shell age of abalone and use length-based models to test the adequacy of shell age performance measures. The length-based models were also used to determine the sustainability and cost-effectiveness of an adapted LML that optimisses the proportion of 'old' shell within 5mm of the LML.  Read More

The Abalone Council of Australia (ACA) has clearly identified in their Strategic Plan (2007-2017) goals to have an Australian national wild abalone brand driven by a national Quality Assurance and Product Integrity Program, and to increase the industry gross volume of production (in real terms) by 25% to $268 million in 2012 and by 50% to $321 million by 2017. This project supported these goals, particularly a desire to increase the value of the abalone, by ensuring that animals in the best poss  Read More

Understanding the mechanisms that control spawning and identifying the molecule(s) associated with spawning are keys to resolving issues with abalone spawning.  Read More

This project aimed to develop anaesthetics for use in the abalone aquaculture industry, with the ultimate aim of accumulating sufficient information for application to the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) for product registration.  Read More

This project aimed to develop improvements in commercial feeds formulated for abalone, specifically for different life stages and/or water temperatures (seasonal/inter-annual/climate change), which are likely to deliver improvement in weight gain per unit cost across an entire grow out period.  Read More

This thesis explored the differences in cryo-sensitivities between sperm from farmed and wild abalone and identified the broodstock physiological conditions best suitable for sperm cryopreservation in farmed abalone.  Read More

The aim of this project was to generate a foundation of knowledge to support the development of interventional methods to prevent or promote conditioning and spawning in abalone.  Read More

The key objective of this project was to demonstrate cost effective way of using selected macroalgae species as feed for abalone. This research provides the necessary momentum to substantially grow and diversify the SA based macroalgae industry and build its linkage with abalone aquaculture industry.  Read More

This project investigated the question: Can the establishment of a founder population could be a viable tool for fishery restoration, particularly in stocks like abalone that have localised recruitment? Such a study is relevant to all Australian abalone fisheries and an integral part of understanding how fisheries populations can be sustained in a changing environment.  Read More

The CRC Abalone Forum ran a series of workshops including a SnailBASE and a reseeding workshop, plus sessions on abalone nutrition and global market trends.  Read More

This project took advantage of the development of a new research tool (“biologger”) for the in-situ measurement of physiological and behavioural parameters to gain an understanding of the response of the abalone to a range of commonly experienced and predicted stressors in a commercial system. This research will provide knowledge for refining farm management protocols, and in the longer-term for developing real-time bio-monitoring of farm management protocols.  Read More

Several initiatives by the Australian Seafood CRC’s Future Harvest theme involve some form of stocking or enhancement of fisheries. In Western Australia, populations of Roe’s Abalone (Haliotis roei) are currently being restocked after the occurrence of a catastrophic mortality event, while stock enhancement of Greenlip Abalone (Haliotis laevigata) is also occurring. This project employed a post-doctoral researcher with the goal of creating genetically healthy/sustainable restocked   Read More

The Seafood CRC sponsored a session at the 9th International Conference on Molluscan Shellfish Safety to promote the leading work being undertaken by the Seafood CRC.  Read More