AdminAug 1, 20191 minAugust 2019: NSW, TAS & SA Annual State Oyster Industry conferences to feature Future Oysters CRC-P This is a reminder that there are NSW, TAS and SA State oyster conferences being held over the first three weeks of August 2019. They will all feature a comp...
AdminJul 2, 20191 minPOMS-Resistant Oysters Given New Lease of LifeAnnounced in the media 26 June 2019 by Tim Whetstone MP, Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, in an article titled “POMS-resistant oy...
AdminApr 17, 20191 min[VIDEO] New technologies to Improve Sydney Rock Oyster breeding and production On the 09/04/18, Oysters Australia held an R&D day to bring together all researchers involved in the Future Oysters CRC-P funded oyster research projects. Pr...
AdminApr 17, 20194 minNew technologies to Improve Sydney Rock Oyster breeding and production In the past, hatcheries producing the Sydney Rock Oyster (SRO) have had challenges with specific production aspects, impacting hatchery operation costs, prod...
AdminMar 25, 20191 min[VIDEO] Species diversification to provide alternatives for commercial productionOn the 09/04/18, Oysters Australia held an R&D day to bring together all researchers involved in the Future Oysters CRC-P funded oyster research projects. Pr...
AdminMar 25, 20193 minWill Species Diversification Help Mitigate a SA POMS Outbreak?Species diversification is one way to mitigate against the risk of disease, but it all comes down to practicality and profitability. Can it be easily farmed ...
AdminFeb 26, 20191 min[VIDEO] Rapid POMS development, detection and enumeration using flow cytometryOn the 09/04/18, Oysters Australia held an R&D day to bring together all researchers involved in the Future Oysters CRC-P funded oyster research projects. Pr...
AdminFeb 26, 20193 minRapid and Cost-effective POMS Detection using Flow CytometryTraditional Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS) testing currently relies on intensive sampling of oysters with expensive qPCR lab testing; But is this f...
AdminJan 31, 20191 min[VIDEO] Polymicrobial Involvement in POMS OutbreaksOn the 09/04/18, Oysters Australia held an R&D day to bring together all researchers involved in the Future Oysters CRC-P funded oyster research projects. Pr...
AdminJan 30, 20193 minMicrobiomes: the Mechanism of Oyster DiseasesAll animals and plants, including humans, live in an intimate association with a diverse community of microorganisms. This includes bacteria, archaea, fungi,...
AdminDec 18, 20183 minDo you know what the best Christmas present is for an Oyster hatchery? A biosecurity plan.Before the POMS outbreak in Tasmania, hatchery biosecurity plans did not exist. Things changed after January 2016. Tasmania is home to some of the largest co...
AdminNov 29, 20181 min[VIDEO] Advanced understanding of POMS to guide farm management decisions in TasmaniaOn the 09/04/18, Oysters Australia held an R&D day to bring together all researchers involved in the Future Oysters CRC-P funded oyster research projects. Pr...
AdminNov 28, 20184 minSouthern Tasmanian oyster farmers rise above the devastation of a major disease outbreakIf there’s one thing Tasmania should be known for, it’s Pacific oysters. In past years, 4 million dozen of them were grown annually, valued at $24 million....
AdminOct 29, 20181 min[VIDEO] Accelerated Sydney Rock Oyster Breeding ResearchOn the 09/04/18, Oysters Australia held an R&D day to bring together all researchers involved in the Future Oysters CRC-P funded oyster research projects. Pr...
AdminOct 29, 20183 minSmart strategies for Sydney Rock oystersThe Sydney Rock Oyster (SRO) is iconic and has been an important protein source for thousands of years in Australia. Fast forward to 2017, the Sydney Rock aq...
AdminOct 24, 20181 min[VIDEO] Enhancing Pacific Oyster Breeding to Optimise National BenefitOn the 09/04/18, Oysters Australia held an R&D day to bring together all researchers involved in the Future Oysters CRC-P funded oyster research projects. Pr...
AdminOct 24, 20183 minPOMS: you may have won the battle, but you haven't won the war“We’ve been invaded by bloody POMS again!” The Captain said to his secretary. Overhearing this, Chief Mate Jimbo huffed under his breath “Not again!” Jimbo w...
AdminNov 8, 20152 min2015 InvestmentsWatch Steve Jones, Chair, Oysters Australia Research and Development Committee and Oyster Grower from the Hawkesbury River in NSW closing 2014 message, watch...
AdminOct 8, 20151 minEasy-Open Oyster DevelopmentThe Australian Oyster Industry has an exciting opportunity, with the announcement for the Expression of Interest for the commercialisation of the Easy-Open...
AdminMar 8, 20151 minLife on an oyster boat off South Australia’s Yorke PeninsulaSource: ABC Rural Life on an oyster farm in Stansbury South Australia is picture perfect, as long as it’s not raining. Yorke Peninsula isn’t the state’s most...
