DigsFish Services

Shellfish 

• lobsters, prawns, flat oysters, pearl oysters, rock oysters, mussels, abalone (paua), scallops, sea urchins (kina), and other marine organisms.

Specialty areas 

• Import Risk Assessments and development of quarantine and translocation protocols relating to movements of live and processed marine fish and shellfish
• Design and implementation of aquatic animal disease surveys and disease risk assessments for marine project planning and environmental impact assessments
• Parasite surveys for fisheries stock discrimination
• Assessments of welfare of fish and other aquatic animals
• Feed attractant research - we develop premium attractant products for aquaculture.
• Histology based shellfish disease certification (to national and international (OIE) standards)
• Medicated feed development
• Advice on biosecurity, disease prevention, treatment and control in fish and shellfish culture
• Production of biosecurity risk assessments and biosecure operating procedures for aquaculture farms and industries
• Assessments of effects of water quality on fish and shellfish health
• Hygiene advice and publication of educational material on disease mitigation for fisheries, aquaculture, and the live fish and shellfish export industries
• Hooking mortality investigations and other research on all aspects relating to the post-capture survival of fishes in recreational fisheries
• Recreational fishing education and extension activities (including dissemination of information via prominent fishing magazines such as Fishing World in Australia, and Sport Fishing in the USA)