Oyster research and development
Oyster Research and Development currently being undertaken in Australia
1. Australian Oyster Industry Benchmarking Program DevelopmentPrincipal Investigator Shane Comiskey/Rachel King
Time Frame 2009 – 2012
Funding Sources Seafood CRC (2009/701)
2. Differential accumulation of algal biotoxins within diploid and triploid Pacific oysters and Sydney rock oysters
Principal Investigator Dr Shauna Murray
Time Frame 2011
Funding Sources UNSW, NSW DPI, ARC (LP1110516)
3. Using genomic information to understand and improve the quality of the Australian South Sea Pearl
Principal Investigator Degnan, B.
Time Frame 2009-2014
Funding Sources UQ, ARC, Autore Pearling Pty Ltd, Pearl Oyster Propagators
4. Reproductive condition, marketability and survival in oyster breeding strategies
Principal Investigator Graham Mair
Time Frame 2009-2013
Funding Sources Seafood CRC (2009/743)
5. Quality, shelflife and value adding of Australian Oysters
Principal Investigator Tom Madigan
Time Frame 2009 - 2012
Funding Sources Uni SA and Seafood CRC (2008/763)
6. Development of tools for the sustainable management of genetics in polypoid Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas
Principal Investigator Anthony Koutoulis
Time Frame 2010
Funding Sources University of Tasmania and Seafood CRC (2010/724)
7.Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: understanding and planning for the potential impacts of OHsV1 on the Australian Pacific oyster industry
Principal Investigator Dr Tom Lewis
Time Frame 2011 - 2012
Funding Sources RDS Partners Pty Ltd and FRDC (2011/043)
8. Adapting to climate change: does enhanced metabolism provide heritable protection against ocean acidification and increasing temperature in oysters?
Principal Investigator Prof Hans O. Portner
Time Frame 2012
Funding Sources ARC (DP1211946) and Macquarie University
9. Pearl Consortium IPA: Control of reproduction of the silver-lip pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima.
Principal Investigator David Mills
Time Frame 2012 - 2016
Funding Sources FRDC (2011/248) and Paspaley Pearling Company
10. Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Development of a DNA microarray to identify markers of disease in pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) and to assess overall oyster health
Principal Investigator Brian Jones
Time Frame 2008 - 2012
Funding Sources FRDC (2008/030) and Fisheries WA
11. Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Investigation of Chlamydiales-like organisms in pearl oysters, Pinctada maxima
Principal Investigator Brian Jones
Time Frame 2008 - 2012
Funding Sources FRDC (2008/031) and Fisheries WA
12. PIRSA Initiative II: carrying capacity of Spencer Gulf: hydrodynamic and biogeochemical measurement modelling and performance monitoring
Principal Investigator John Middleton
Time Frame 2009 - 2013
Funding Sources FRDC (2009/046), PIRSA, Flinders University, UNSW, CSIRO
13. FRDC-DCCEE: ensuring that the Australian Oyster Industry adapts to a changing climate: a natural resource and industry spatial information portal for knowledge action and informed adaptation frameworks
Principal Investigator Pia Winberg
Time Frame 2011 - 2012
Funding Sources FRDC (2010/534), University of Wollongong, Bega Valley Shire Council, Hornsby Council, Hastings Council, Shoalhaven City Council, UTAS and NCCARF
14. Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: development of improved molecular diagnostic tests for Perkinsus olseni in Australian molluscs
Principal Investigator Nick Gudkovs
Time Frame 2011 - 2014
Funding Sources FRDC (2011/004) and Fisheries WA
15. Tactical Research Fund: Developing a dynamic regional brand – focus on flavour
Principal Investigator Heather Smyth
Time Frame 2011 - 2013
Funding Sources FRDC (2010/228), Uni of Qld, Eyre Peninsula Regional Development Board
16. Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Pacific oyster mortality syndrome (POMS) - understanding biotic and abiotic environmental and husbandry effects to reduce economic losses
Principal Investigator Richard Whittington
Time Frame 2011 - 2012
Funding Sources FRDC (2011/053), University of Sydney, Hornsby Shire Council, Sydney Metro CMA
17. Pearl Consortium IPA: improving reliability and efficiency of spat nursery and growout for the silver-lip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima)
Principal Investigator David Mills
Time Frame 2011 - 2015
Funding Sources FRDC (2011/236) and Paspaley Pearling Company
18. People Development Program: Aquatic Animal Health Training Scheme – KBBE workshop on diagnostics for mollusc diseases
Principal Investigator Mark Crane
Time Frame 2009 - 2014
Funding Sources FRDC (2009/315.24) and CSIRO
19. Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Pacific oyster mortality syndrome (POMS) risk mitigation, epidemiology and OsHV-1 biology
Principal Investigator Richard Whittington
Time Frame 2012 - 2015
Funding Sources FRDC (2012/032) and University of Sydney
20. Workshop to facilitate epidemiological analysis of unexplained mortality of South Australian Pacific oysters
Principal Investigator Charles Caraguel
Time Frame 2012 - 2013
Funding Sources FRDC (2012/051) and SAORC
21. Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Development of a laboratory model for infectious challenge of Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) with ostreid herpesvirus type-1
Principal Investigator Peter Kirkland
Time Frame 2012 - 2014
Funding Sources FRDC (2012/052) and NSW DPI
22. Tactical Research Fund: Assessment of heavy metals in tropical rock oysters (blacklip and milky) and implications for placement into the Australian seafood market and for Indigenous enterprise development in the NT
Principal Investigator Ann Fleming
Time Frame 2013 - 2014
Funding Sources FRDC (2012/223) and NT Government
23. Tactical Research Fund: Development and validation of effective and affordable oyster production systems in the face of POMS disease of Pacific oysters and QX disease of Sydney rock oysters – evaluation from a production, research and economic perspective
Principal Investigator Steven Jones
Time Frame 2012 - 2013
Funding Sources FRDC (2012/229) and Aglign Consulting Pty Ltd
24. PhD: Human enteric viruses in Australian bivalve molluscan shellfish
Principal Investigator Lynne Cobiac
Time Frame 2008 - 2013
Funding Sources CRC (2008/741) and Flinders University
25. National Oyster R&D – strategic R&D project commissioning, management and path to commercialisation
Principal Investigator Rachel King
Time Frame 2012 - 2014
Funding Sources CRC (2010/747) and Oysters Australia Pty Ltd
26.Oyster Product Development Innovation – Oyster Opening
Principal Investigator Karen McNaughton
Time Frame 2011 - 2014
Funding Sources CRC (2011/727) and SARDI
27. Development of an efficient diagnostic tool for assessing antiviral resistance in abalone and oysters
Principal Investigator Peter Speck
Time Frame 2012 - 2014
Funding Sources CRC (2011/758) and Flinders University
28. Masters: Impacts and predictive modelling of coastal upwelling on the SA Oyster Industry
Principal Investigator Clinton Wilkinson
Time Frame 2012 - 2014
Funding Sources CRC (2011/772), University of Tasmania and Oysters Australia Pty Ltd
29. Development and commercialisation of an oyster TTI system
Principal Investigator Mark Tamplin
Time Frame 2012 - 2013
Funding Sources CRC (2012/703), University of Tasmania and Oysters Australia Pty Ltd
30. Understanding how to condition the Sydney rock oyster
Principal Investigator Abigail Elizur
Time Frame 2012 - 2013
Funding Sources CRC (2012/713), University of Sunshine Coast and Oysters Australia Pty Ltd
31. Oysters Australia: Developing and facilitating regional grower groups to extend and build on SCRC outputs
Principal Investigator Tom Lewis
Time Frame 2012 - 2014
Funding Sources CRC (2012/732), RDS Partners and Oysters Australia Pty Ltd
32. Evaluating the impact of an improved retailing concept for oysters in Fishmongers
Principal Investigator Meredith Lawley
Time Frame 2012 - 2013
Funding Sources CRC (2012/740), University of Sunshine Coast and Oysters Australia Pty Ltd
33. Market development funding options for the Australian oyster industry
Principal Investigator Ewan Colquhuon
Time Frame 2013
Funding Sources CRC (2012/757), Ridge Partners and Oysters Australia Pty Ltd
34. Genetic selection for resistance to Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome
Principal Investigator Peter Kube
Time Frame 2012
Funding Sources CRC (2012/760) and CSIRO
35. Oyster breeding program transition to full commercialisation
Principal Investigator Rachel King
Time Frame 2012 - 2014
Funding Sources CRC (2012/773) and Oysters Australia Pty Ltd
36. Safe spat rearing experiment
Principal Investigator Rachel King
Time Frame 2013 - 2015
Funding Sources CRC (2013/708) and Oysters Australia Pty Ltd
37. Piloting commercial scale supply of mass selected Sydney rock oysters
Principal Investigator Jane Clout
Time Frame 2013
Funding Sources CRC (2013/709) and SOCo
38. Tackling microbial related issues in cultured shellfish via integrated molecular and water chemistry approaches
Principal Investigator Sharon Appleyard
Time Frame 2011 - 2014
Funding Sources CRC (2011/729), CSIRO and Oyster Consortium
39. RTG: Laboratory visit to be trained to analyse oyster (Sydney rock oysters) histology sections, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, NSW
Principal Investigator Nicole Ertl (PhD student)
Time Frame 2012
Funding Sources CRC (2012/752) and University of Sunshine Coast
