Current Projects
MISA contributes capability funding to the following projects:
Aquaculture
Contact: E-mail Steven Clarke or phone: +61 8 8207 5443
ACIAR - Achieving consistent spawning of captive yellowfin (Thunnus albacares) broodstock at Gonadal Research Institute for Mariculture, Bali, Indonesia. Key contact: Wayne Hutchinson (SARDI)
AS-CRC Clean Seas Tuna Ltd (Addressing key aquatic animal health issues limiting production of Australian yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi) and hatchery-reared southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) industries). Key contact: Craig Hayward (SARDI)
AS-CRC - Clean Seas Tuna (SBT larval rearing project). Key contact: Wayne Hutchinson (SARDI)
AS-CRC - Clean Seas Tuna (YTK larval rearing project). Key contact: Wayne Hutchinson (SARDI)
AS-CRC - Tas. Seafoods (sea cucumber population genetics). Key contact: Xiaoxu Li (SARDI)
Evaluation of fatty acid metabolism in juvenile barramundi. Key contact: David Stone (SARDI)
Feeding behaviour of cultured mulloway. Key contact: David Stone (SARDI)
Smoky Bay oyster mortality report. Key contact: Xiaoxu Li (SARDI)
Yellowtail kingfish sex specific AFLP markers. Key contacts: Xiaoxu Li (SARDI) and F Amini (SARDI)
Biosecurity
Contact: E-mail Dr Jason Tanner or phone: +61 8 8207 5489
Adelaide Desalination Plant - phytoplankton characterisation study. Key contact: Jason Tanner (SARDI)
Caulerpa taxifolia - 2009 survey of current distribution and high risk areas. Key contact: Marty Deveney (SARDI)
Caulerpa taxifolia - plant sediment chemistry. Key contact: Marty Deveney (SARDI)
Collection and mapping of marine pest records in South Australia. Key contact: Marty Deveney (SARDI)
Mangrove Surveys: Part of the National System for the Preventions and Management of Marine Pest Incursions. Key contact: Keith Rowling (SARDI)
Molecular tools for detection of marine pests - Development of putative diagnostic PCR assays for the detection of significant marine pests: Asterias amurensis, Carcinus maenas, Undaria pinnatifida and Ciona intestinalis. Key contact: Nathan Bott (SARDI)
Molecular tools for detection of marine pests: Refinement of Musculista senhousia specific real-time PCR assay, further investigations into the specificity of the Corbula gibba real-time PCR assay and preliminary development of a specific real-time PCR assay for the detection of Perna canaliculus. Key contact: Nathan Bott (SARDI)
Molecular tools for the detection of viral disease-causing agents in South Australian juvenile prawns: Developing a capability for virus research. Key contact: Nathan Bott (SARDI)
Product Quality and Value Adding
Contact: E-mail Andrew Pointon or phone: +61 8 8303 9434
Abalone market access toolbox. Key contact: Cath McLeod (SARDI)
Aquafin CRC - Southern Bluefin Tuna Aquaculture Subprogram: Net fouling management to enhance water quality and Southern Bluefin Tuna(Thunnus maccoyii). Key contact: Steven Clarke (SARDI)
Australian Seafood composition profiles portal. Key contact: David Padula (SARDI)
Clean Seas Tuna - Harvest stress and maturation. Key contact: John Carragher (SARDI)
Enteric viruses in shellfish (PhD project). Key contact: Cath McLeod (SARDI)
Gastronomic terms in menus and their influence of customers choice of seafood. Key contact: Ehernberg-Bass Institute (UniSA)
Improving post-harvest quality of sardines through utilisation of flow ice technology. Key Contact: John Carragher (SARDI)
Intervention strategies to maintain the safety and quality in a range of value added products made with under utilised SEESF species. Key contact: Mark Boulter (Sydney Fish Market)
Provide a baitfish supplement diet for the effective delivery of specific nutrient requirements for juvenile farmed SBT (Thunnus maccoyii). Key contact: Trent D'Antignana (Flinders University)
Seafood CRC masterclass workshop series. Key contact: Mohan Raj (SARDI)
Seafood trade and market access portal. Key contact: David Padula (SARDI)
Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) maturation and sexing; develop and apply new technologies. Key contact: Craig Foster (consultant)
Towards the perfect prawn - scoping study. Key contact: Richard Musgrove (SARDI)
Understanding Yellowtail kingfish sub project 3 - flesh quality component. Key contact: Trent D'Antignana (Flinders University/SARDI)
Ecosystem Services
Contact: E-mail Prof. John Middelton or phone: +61 8 8207 5449
A review of the distribution of seals in South Australia. Key contact: Simon Goldsworthy (SARDI)
A stable isotope method to rapidly screen the foraging ecotype profile of Australian sea lion subpopulations: improving foraging distribution models to assist bycatch mitigation in gillnet fisheries. Key conact: Simon Goldsworthy (SARDI)
Australian sea lion populations at Seal Bay and the Seal Slide (Kangaroo Island): continuation of the monitoring program. Key contact: Simon Goldsworthy (SARDI)
Development of a hydrodynamic/biochemical modelling facility. Key contact: John Middelton (SARDI)
Methods for distinguishing foraging ecotypes within and among Australian sea lion subpopulations: their importance to defining genetic population structure and assisting spatial management of fisheries. Key contact: Simon Goldsworthy (SARDI)
Mitigating seal interactions in the SRLF and gillnet sector SESSF in South Australia. Key contact: Simon Goldsworthy (SARDI)
Movement patterns of threatened pelagic sharks in southern Australia: determining critical habitats, hot-spots and migration corridors to enhance policy development and conservation management. Key contact: Paul Rogers (SARDI)
Population demography of the threatened Australian sea lion: understanding the causes of decline in the Seal Bay population. Key contact: Simon Goldsworthy (SARDI)
Pup production assessment of the Australian sea lion at Dangerous Reef and English Island, SA. Key contact: Simon Goldsworthy (SARDI)
Salinity tolerance of Goolwa Cockles - cockle propagation and larval aspects. Key contact: Jason Tanner (SARDI)
SAIMOS/HFRADAR and moorings. Key contact: John Middelton (SARDI)
The conservation of fur seals in the Antarctic Marine Ecosystem. Key contact: Simon Goldsworthy (SARDI)
The role of genetic and social factors in shaping alternate foraging strategies within and among Australian sea lion subpopulations. Key contact: Simon Goldsworthy (SARDI)
Trophodynamics of small pelagic fishes in Southern Australian ecosystem. Key contact: Simon Goldsworthy (SARDI)