Oyster Research and Development currently being undertaken in Australia

Principal Investigator    Ms Christine Soul
Time Frame    2003 - 2006
Funding Sources    Ocean Watch Australia Ltd and FRDC (2003/063)

2. QX disease in Sydney rock oysters
Principal Investigator    Dr John Nell, Dr David Raftos and Dr Rob Adlard
Time Frame    2003 – 2006
Funding Sources    NSW DPI, Macquarie University, Qld Musuem (ARC Linkage Grant LP0453461)

3. Sydney rock oysters:  overcoming constraints to commercial scale hatchery and nursery production
Principal Investigator    Dr Wayne O’Connor
Time Frame    2003 - 2006
Funding Sources    NSW DPI and FRDC (2003/209)

4. Antifouling solutions for the Australian pearling industry – coatings for shell and equipment
Principal Investigator    Dr Rocky de Nys
Time Frame    2003 – 2006
Funding Sources    James Cook University and FRDC (2003/206)

5. Reduction in pacific oyster mortality by improving farming and processing technologies in South Australia
Principal Investigator    Mr Gary Zippel
Time Frame    2002 – 2006
Funding Sources    SARDI and FRDC (2003/208)

6. Dynamics and distribution of food supplies for the Sydney rock oyster Saccostrea glomerata in southern NSW estuaries
Principal Investigator    Ms Ana Rubio
Time Frame    2004-2006
Funding Sources    Australian National University and FRDC (2004/224)

7. Advancement of breeding technology in the Australian Pacific Oyster Industry
Principal Investigator    Mr James Burke
Time Frame    2004-2006
Funding Sources    Australian Seafood Industries, UTAS and Aus Industry

8. QX resistant oyster challenge trial 2005 – 2006
Principal Investigator    Mr Ian Lyall
Time Frame    2005 – 2007
Funding Sources    NSW DPI and FRDC (2005/076)

9. Industry management and commercialisation plan for the Sydney rock oyster breeding program
Principal Investigator    Mr Ray Tynan
Time Frame    2005 – 2007
Funding Sources    Select Oyster Company Pty Ltd, NSW DPI and FRDC (2005/209)

10. QX Technical Workshop
Principal Investigator    Dr Geoff Allan
Time Frame    2005
Funding Sources    NSW DPI and FRDC (2005/079)

11. Assessing the effects of oil pollutants on intertidal invertebrate communities
Principal Investigator    Dr Geoff Macfarlane
Time Frame    2005-2008
Funding Sources    Newcastle University and ARC (LP 0453945)

12. Securing and enhancing the Sydney rock oyster breeding program 2006 – 2009
Principal Investigator    Dr Wayne O’Connor
Time Frame    2006 – 2009
Funding Sources    NSW DPI and FRDC (2006/226)

13. Enhancement of the selective oyster breeding program 2005 – 2006
Principal Investigator    Mr Scott Parkinson
Time Frame    2006 – 2009
Funding Sources    ASI and FRDC (2006/227)

14. Identification of host interactions in the life-cycle of QX disease 2005 – 2006
Principal Investigator    Dr Robert Adlard
Time Frame    2006 – 2008
Funding Sources    QLD Museum and FRDC (2006/062)

15. Paralytic shellfish poisoning – A molecular genetic probe for fast, accurate detection
Principal Investigator    Dr Shauna Murray
Time Frame    2009 – 2010
Funding Sources    UNSW, USYD, UTAS, NSW DPI, ARC

16. Ecological impacts of QX Oyster disease and its management strategy in the Hawkesbury River Estuary
Principal Investigator    Dr Brendan Kelaher
Time Frame    2007 – 2010
Funding Sources    UTS, NSW DPI, ARC

17. Building Bivalve Production Capacity in Vietnam and Australia
Principal Investigator    Dr Wayne O’Connor
Time Frame    2007 – 2012
Funding Sources    ACIAR