Publications

All aquaculture farmers must ensure they are aware of the permit holder and lease holder responsibilities

The Aquaculture transaction factsheet contains a summary of the aquaculture transactions that are applicable in the management of permits and leases by DPIRD.

The Aquaculture leases: tenures and renewals factsheet details the term of leases, what activities are not permitted within a lease and the type of transactions that may apply.

Estuarine

• Best Practice Video Guidelines - Oceanwatch Australia (nswoysters.com.au)
• Floating basket guidelines (PDF, 1304.65 KB)
• Hatchery Single Seed Oyster Spat Handling
• Healthy estuaries for healthy oysters (PDF, 1581.48 KB)
• Lease maintenance development plan guidelines
• Oyster shipments
• Oyster theft prevention
• Raft construction guidelines (PDF, 1180.25 KB)

Marine

• Abalone - Manual for intensive hatchery production

Land

• Collecting finfish broodstock
• Fish in farm dams
• Hatchery Manual for the production of Australian Bass, Mulloway and Yellowtail Kingfish
• National Biosecurity Plan Guidelines for Farmed Freshwater Native Finfish
• Site selection and design
• Stocking fingerlings

• Port Stephens QX – Information for Port Stephens oyster permit holders
• DPIRD Aquatic Biosecurity information on White Spot Syndrome in prawns.
• Aquatic Animal Diseases Significant to Australia: Identification Field Guide - DAFF (agriculture.gov.au)

• If impacted by a natural disaster, please complete the DPIRD natural disaster damage assessment (PiNDDA).
• The Farm Business Resilience Program aims to build the strategic management capacity of farmers, farm managers and employees to prepare for and manage risk, adapt to a changing climate and improve the economic, environmental and social resilience of their farm businesses

• Animal care and ethics
  Acceptable procedures and practices for aquaculture and fisheries research
• DPIRD Aquaculture research
  

  DPIRD aquaculture research activities

• Oyster breeding
  This project, currently in collaboration with CSIRO, provides selectively bred Sydney Rock Oysters to the NSW oyster industry.  Breeding efforts have focused on increasing disease and growth as well as improving meat condition.  The NSW DPIRD Sydney Rock Oyster breeding program began in the 1990s and has since become one of the most successful oyster breeding programs of its type.
  • Breeding program update - April 2024 (PDF, 857.58 KB)
  • Breeding program industry contribution
• Social and Economic Contributions of Aquaculture to NSW
  This research addresses two key information gaps about the role of aquaculture in NSW and its regions.
  • Economic Contribution of Aquaculture to New South Wales (BDO Econsearch - 2023)
    PDF, 785.29 KB
  • Summary Sheet - Economic Contribution of Aquaculture to New South Wales (BDO Econsearch - 2023)
    PDF, 215.84 KB
  • Social and Economic Evaluation of NSW Coastal Aquaculture (Barclay - 2016)
• Site assessment surveys
  Information Directory for Investors - A site assessment survey for Marine Aquaculture Facilities on the NSW Coastline.

Estuarine

• Pacific Oyster culture in NSW
• Sydney Rock Oyster culture in NSW

Marine

• Blue mussels
• Scallops - research information

Land

• Barramundi
• Murray Cod
• Freshwater crayfish
• Silver perch
• Trout
• Yabbies

• Monitoring alkalinity and hardness
• Monitoring ammonia
• Monitoring dissolved oxygen
• Monitoring pH
• Monitoring plankton, blue-green algae and macrophytes
• Monitoring temperature
• Nutrients in Pond Based Aquaculture Discharge Water Used for Irrigation (PDF, 169.75 KB)
• Ozone in recirculating aquaculture systems