Understanding the bottle necks in oyster larvae production

Project Member(s): Scanes, E., Siboni, N., Seymour, J.

Funding or Partner Organisation: NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW Department of Primary Industries Fisheries)
NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW Department of Primary Industries Fisheries)

Start year: 2022

Summary: The production of oysters in NSW is hampered by bottlenecks in larval development. Within aquaculture systems, a large proportion of larvae stop feeding and growing, and eventually die. We suspect that bacterial pathogens may be involved in these issues. This project will work with oyster producers on the NSW mid north coast to investigate the potential for bacterial pathogens to affect oyster larvae. Samples of both water and larvae will be collected by oyster producers. These samples will then be analysed at UTS and the bacterial pathogens investigated.

FOR Codes: ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND ANIMAL PRIMARY PRODUCTS, Aquaculture, Microbial ecology

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.