Research interests

• Aquaculture and feed technology
• Diet development
• Inland saline aquaculture
• Developing aquaculture in Southeast Asia, PNG and the Pacific

Background

Geoff Allan has over 20 years experience in aquaculture and fish biology with over 20 years experience in fish and aquaculture research. He has substantial experience in leading aquaculture research programs.

Geoff is currently the NSW DPI Research Leader in Aquaculture and the Centre Director, Port Stephens Fisheries Centre. He also has other professional appointments including Program Consultant, ACIAR; Chair, Research and Adoption Committee, Seafood CRC; Project Leader, AQUAFIN CRC; Trustee, Aquaculture without Frontiers; and, Chairman of NSW Fisheries Animal Care and Ethics Committee.

Qualifications

• B.Sc. (Hons) – The University of New South Wales 1981
• PhD – The University of New South Wales 1992

Current projects

• Supervisor and manager of aquaculture research conducted by NSW DPI at the Port Stephens Fisheries Centre, the Grafton Aquaculture Centre and the Inland Saline Aquaculture Research Centre near Wakool.  The Aquaculture Research branch includes eight scientists and a total of 28 staff.  The annual budget from both consolidated revenue and competitive external grants exceeds $2.5 million/year.
• Program Consultant (fisheries, mainly aquaculture) to Australia Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
• Principal investigator of Aquafin CRC/FRDC projects on snapper aquaculture and feed technology for temperate finfish species.

Selected publications

Fielder DS, Allan GL, Pepperall D and Pankhurst PM (2007) The effects of changes in salinity on osmoregulation and chloride cell morphology of juvenile Australian snapper, Pagrus auratus. Aquaculture, 272, 656-666.

Rowland SJ, Allan GL, Read P, Mifsud C, Glendenning D and Ingram B (2007) Effects of diets with different plant proteins on the performance of silver perch (Bidyanus bidyanus Mitchell) and water quality in earthen ponds. Aquaculture Research 38, 748-756. 

Doroudi MS, Webster GK, Allan GL and Fielder S (2007) Survival and growth of silver perch, Bidyanus bidyanus, a salt-tolerant freshwater species, in inland saline groundwater from southwestern New South Wales, Australia. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 38, 314-317.

Booth MA, Allan GL and Anderson AJ (2007). Investigation of the nutritional requirements of Australian snapper Pagrus auratus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801): effects of digestible energy content on utilisation of digestible protein. Aquaculture Research, 38, 429-440.

Booth MA, Anderson AJ and Allan GL (2006) Investigation of the nutritional requirements of Australian snapper Pagrus auratus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801): digestibility of gelatinsed wheat starch and clearance of an intra-peritoneal injection of D-glucose. Aquaculture Research 37, 975-985.

Tucker BJ, Booth MA, Allan GL, Booth D and Fielder DS (2006) Effects of photoperiod and feeding frequency on performance of newly weaned Australian snapper Pagrus auratus. Aquaculture 258, 514-520.

Glencross BD, Booth MA and Allan GL (2006) A feed is only as good as its ingredients – A review of ingredient evaluation strategies for aquaculture feeds. Aquaculture Nutrition 12, 1-18.

Booth MA, Anderson AJ and Allan GL (2006) Investigation of the nutritional requirements of Australian snapper Pagrus auratus (Bloch & Schneider 1801): digestibility of gelatinized wheat starch and clearance of an intra-peritoneal injection of D-glucose. Aquaculture Research 37, 975-985.

Doroudi MS, Fielder DS, Allan GL and Webster GK (2006) Combined effects of salinity and potassium concentration on juvenile mulloway (Argyrosomus japonicus, Temminck and Schlegel) in inland saline groundwater. Aquaculture Research 37, 1034-1039.

Tuan VA, Anderson A, Luong-van J, Shelley C and Allan G (2006) Apparent digestibility of some nutrient sources by juvenile mud crab, Scylla serrata (Forskal 1775). Aquaculture Research 37, 359-365.

Professional associations

• World Aquaculture Society (Asian Pacific Chapter)
• President of the World Aquaculture Society (2003/04)
• President of Asian Pacific Chapter of World Aquaculture Society (2000-02)
• Member of Editorial Board of three internationally recognised aquaculture journals
• Elected member of World Aquaculture Society Board (1999-2002)

Fields of Research

• 070401 – Aquaculture
• 070204 – Animal Nutrition

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)

Keyword/phrase list of research interests

• Aquaculture
• Feed technology
• Snapper
• Temperate finfish
• Silver perch
• Diets
• Inland saline aquaculture

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