In 1975, the beach-cast seaweed industry was established on King Island, Tasmania, with the formation of Kelp Industries Pty Ltd. Beach-cast Southern Bull Kelp (Durvillaea potatorum) is collected from beaches, dried, and shipped offshore for alginate extraction and the [...]
Offshore seaweed aquaculture presents significant opportunities to coexist with other aquaculture ventures (e.g., finfish farming) and offshore energy developments, thanks to its ability to attenuate hydrodynamic energy and reduce hazardous ocean conditions. However, current predictive models are limited, often [...]
The salmon industry in Tasmania is economically significant, valued at over $1 billion AUD. This growth is partly due to the gains made from selectively breeding for desirable traits over the years. However, selective breeding for feed efficiency has [...]
Canopies of seaweed, as formed in seaweed aquaculture, have the potential to attenuate hydrodynamic energy from waves and currents by exerting drag forces on the water column and thereby may offer co-benefits to adjacently located marine infrastructure such as [...]
The Tasmanian Atlantic salmon industry is facing increasing challenges due to the impacts of climate change, these pose significant threats to local industry as well as to global aquaculture. Sub-optimum water temperature and dissolved oxygen are the two major factors [...]
The objective of this project (2.21.003) is to provide fundamental information needed to further develop a Durvillaea (Bull Kelp) aquaculture industry in New Zealand. This project will be primarily focus on the endemic species D. poha and D. antarctica. [...]
The Australian seaweed industry is currently limited despite an increasing demand for seaweed products. One product of high demand is alginate-saturated kelp which is utilised by agricultural, food, medicinal and pharmaceutical companies. Because of low local production, most of [...]
Poor skeletal health poses a risk to fish welfare and performance, particularly in physically demanding offshore and high energy farming environments, where the finfish aquaculture industry are actively planning to expand. For fish to survive and thrive in these environments [...]
Recently, New Zealand King salmon aquaculture has proposed to move their salmon farming to offshore sites. This means the salmon, which have been genetically selected for current farming conditions, will be exposed to high energy environments. This PhD project, [...]
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