The SA Discovery Farms project is one of 6 national trials funded through Round 1 of the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund, via the Long-term Trials of Drought Resilient Farming
Reviewing the daily egg production method (DEPM) to improve confidence in estimating spawning biomass for Snapper.
Control next year's redlegged earth mite now. Redlegged earth mite (RLEM, Halotydeus destructor) is a common resident pest. RLEM are active from autumn to late spring and have up to 3 generations each year. The final or third generation produces over
Parasitic wasps and entomopathogenic fungi on aphids. Large colonies of aphids have been reported on canola at Tumby Bay, but luckily most of them have been attacked by parasitic wasps and entomopathogenic fungi (fungi that kill insects). Several
Understanding local spawning, recruitment, and emigration contributing to the West Coast Snapper population, to improve fisheries management.
Providing a fishery-independent estimate of biomass in summer 2024–25 that will be incorporated into the Snapper Stock Assessment.
Estimating the trajectories of surface pathogen movement is important to reduce any threat they pose to the oceanic ecosystems, fisheries and aquaculture.
Over the past 25 years, Australia’s meat industry has seen major improvements in infrastructure and process control, driven in part by mandatory hygiene monitoring. National baseline studies of beef and
After years of interest but limited on-ground activity, the seaweed industry is beginning to gain momentum in southern Australia. Until recently, most operations have focused on harvesting beach-cast material through
Collecting Snapper samples from all SA waters in collaboration with industry, through weekly fish market sampling and targeted research with MSF fishers and SARDI observers.