Below is a list of current research projects.
All final reserach reports will be located in the members only section.
For any further information about any of these projects please contact helen.jenkins@apfa.com.au stating what your interest is. Please note some reports are commercial in confidence and cannot be released to the general public.
Current Research
Optimisation of viral clearance from broodstock prawns using targeted RNA interference # 2011/761
National prawn category market development plan brief for tender # to be confirmed
Controlling biofouling of pond aerators on marine prawn farms # 2011/734
Australian Prawn Farmers Associaiton (ASFA) Executive Redirection Challenge Project # 2010/786
Loss minimisation in farmed prawns through improvements in storage life and colour # 2010/707
Molecular diagnostics for white spot syndrome virus and taura syndrome virus #2010/035
Planning, implementation and commercialisation of the Australian prawn farming industries five year R & D Plan #2009/742
Genetic technologies to support a transformation to profitability and competitiveness in F. merguiensis and P. monodon #2009/742
Extension Activities # 2008/764
Increasing seedstock production of domesticated gian tiger prawns (Penaeus monodon) through improved male fertility #2008/756
Commercial production of all-female reproductively sterile triploid Giant Tiger prawns (Penaeus monodon): Assessing their commercial performance in ponds # 2008/757
Increasing the profitability of Penaeus monodon farms via the use of low water exchange, microbial floc production systems at Australian Prawn Farms and at CSIRO #2007/224
Supported students:
CRC Scholarships
Ms Chelsey Parish – University Sunshine Coast. “Export readiness of Australian seafood producers”
Ms Hannah O’Brien – University Sunshine Coast
Ms Nicole Ertl – University Sunshine Coast. “Functional genes for commercial traits”
Ms Angela Herd – University Sunshine Coast. “Develoment of nutritional genomic tools for prawns”
Mr Paul Whatmore – University Sunshine Coast. “Maximising profitability by implementation of on-farm pedigree base genetic selection programs, through the development of microsatellite markers in banana prawns”
Mr Daniel Pountney – UTAS. “Optimising prawn nutrition for growth performance under suboptimal conditions”
PhD’s
Mr Mark Oliver – University Sunshine Coast. “Paving the way for sustainable aquaculutre development in Queensland’s marine environment through effective policy based decision making processes”
Mr Vijay Mareddy – University Sunshine Coast. “Towards all female P.monodon populations using endocrine manipulations”
Other projects
Strategy to promote the science and best practice that underpins the Australian seafood and angling industry – project to be undertaken by FRDC.
Potential benefits of technology providing real-time monitoring and recording of pond water pH, temperature and dissolved oxygen for potential future uptake by other industry operators to drive productivity and profitability – funded by Australian Institute for Commercialisation (A division of QMI Solutions)
Seasonal forecasting to improve resilience of prawn farms to future climate events (DEEDI Rural Resilience Industry Grant)
Prawn farmers responding to Australia’s changing climate (DAFF)
Skills Formation Strategy for Queensland Aquaculture – Wil Conn (DEEDI/DET)