MISA - Marine Innovation SA

• Seafood Product Quality & Value-adding
• Aquaculture Innovation
• Ecosystem Services
• Biosecurity

Subprogram Leader, Marine Biosecurity

Areas of expertise:

Invasive species biology, aquaculture and fisheries biosecurity (including pest and disease management), risk analysis, veterinary medicine and disinfectant registration and use, application of scientific principles to public policy.

Countries of work experience:

Australia, Czech Republic, Russia, Senegal, Slovenia, China.

Experience and qualifications:

Marty received a PhD in parasitology, examining the taxonomy and biology of benedeniine monogeneans (flatworms), including outbreaks in aquaculture and the risks that they pose to emerging aquaculture sectors, from the Department of Molecular and Microbial Sciences at The University of Queensland in 2003.  He has 10 years experience in working with diseases and pests in aquatic systems.  He has special interests in the properties of biological systems (including farms) that allow them to become infested by pests or infected by pathogens.  He has significant experience in working with monogenean (flatworm) parasites of finfish and their management.

Much of Marty’s current research focuses on Caulerpa taxifolia, an invasive alga that was first identified in South Australia in 2002.  An environmental risk assessment is in development, which examines the physiological tolerances of the plant, factors associated with colonisation success and growth and compares the biological features of invaded and control sites.  These factors will be used in a risk analysis framework to determine areas at risk of C. taxifolia colonisation and a quantification of the changes to invaded environments.

Marty has significant experience in the use and registration of chemotherapeutants and disinfectants to manage diseases and pests, including designing and performing efficacy and safety studies, registration processes and ongoing monitoring of use.

He has extensive experience in developing policy frameworks and supporting auditing and management capabilities for government.  He is currently acting as Technical Executive to the Emergency Aquatic Animal Disease Response Agreement Working Group of Aquatic Animal Health Committee, an intergovernmental and industry group developing a framework within which formal agreements between aquatic industries and government could be developed for co-management and cost sharing in disease-related emergencies.

Professional appointments:

2001-2004: Aquatic Health Project Officer, Department of Primary industries and Resources, South Australia, PIRSA Aquaculture

2004-2007: Aquatic Resources Officer, Aquatic Health, PIRSA Aquaculture

2007-: Subprogram leader, Marine Biosecurity, South Australian research and Development Institute (SARDI) Aquatic Sciences

Selected recent publications:

Deveney, M.R., Rowling K.P., Wiltshire, K.H., Manning, C.E., Fernandes, M.B., Collings, G.J. & Tanner, J.E. (2008). Caulerpa taxifolia (M. Vahl) C. Agardh: environmental risk assessment. Prepared for PIRSA Marine Biosecurity. SARDI Aquatic Sciences Publication No. F2008/000854-1. SARDI Aquatic Sciences Adelaide.

Deveney, M R, Scott, K. (2008). Simulated aquatic animal disease outbreaks: a tool for improving responses to emergencies. OIE Scientific and Technical Review. 27(1): 147-159.

Deveney, M R, Bayly, T J, Johnston, C J, and Nowak B F.  (2005).  A parasite survey of farmed Southern bluefin tuna, Thunnus maccoyii (Castelnau).  Journal of Fish Diseases 28 279–284.

Pouyaud, L. Desmarais, E. Deveney, M, Pariselle, A.  (2005).  Phylogenetic relationships among monogenean gill parasites (Dactylogyridea, Ancyrocephalidae) infesting tilapiine hosts (Cichlidae): Systematic and evolutionary implications.  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38 (2006) 241–249.

Whittington, I. D., Deveney, M. R. and Wyborn, S. J., 2001, A revision of Benedenia Diesing, 1858 including a redescription of B. sciaenae (van Beneden, 1856) Odhner, 1905 and recognition of Menziesia Gibson, 1976 (Monogenea: Capsalidae).  Journal of Natural History, 35, 663-777.

Deveney, M. R., Chisholm, L. A. and Whittington, I. D., 2001, First published record of the pathogenic monogenean parasite Neobenedenia melleni (Capsalidae) from Australia.  Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 46, 79-82.

Research Projects:

• Parasites of farmed tuna (completed 2007).
• Parasites of wild and farmed kingfish (completed 2007).
• Development of applications for minor use permits for the antimicrobial oxytetracycline.
• Studies on the biology and taxonomy of capsalid (monogenean) parasites.
• Development of an optical system for the enumeration of parasites of finfish.
•  Environmental Risk Assessment for the invasive alga Caulerpa taxifolia.

Contact:

Dr Marty Deveney

SARDI Aquatic Sciences

Tel: 08 8207 5434

Fax: 08 8207 5406