DigsFish Services - Relevant Publications

Books, chapters in books, management papers, risk assessments:

Sawynok W, Diggles BK, Harrison J (2008). Development of a national environmental management and accreditation system for business/public recreational fishing competitions . Report published by Recfish Australia , March 2008, for FRDC project no. 2006/057.

Corfield J, Diggles BK, Jubb C, McDowall RM, Moore A, Richards A, Rowe DK (2007). Draft final report for public comment to the Australian government Department of the Environment and Water Resources. Review of the impacts of introduced aquarium fish species that have established wild populations in Australia. NIWA Client Report: HAM2006-082; NIWA Project: NAU05917.
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Diggles B. K., Hine P.M. and Carson J (2007). The Cook Islands Experience. Pearl oyster health investigations. In: Bondad-Reantaso MG. et al. Pearl Oyster Health Management: A manual. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 503. FAO, Rome 2007. pgs 71-85.

Sawynok W., Diggles B., Harrison J. (2006). A national environmental management and accreditation system for recreational fishing tournaments: Concept Development. Report published by Recfish Australia , February 2006, for FRDC project no. 2005/235.
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Biosecurity NZ (2006). Import Risk Analysis: Freshwater Prawns Macrobrachium rosenbergii from Hawaii. Biosecurity NZ, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. 63 pgs.
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Biosecurity NZ (2005). Import Risk Analysis: Ornamental fish. Biosecurity NZ, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. 264 pgs.
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Diggles, B. K. (2004). Review of Submissions: Import Risk Assessment: Juvenile yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi) from Spencer Gulf Aquaculture, South Australia. DigsFish Pathology Services Report DF04-18.
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Diggles, B. K. (2002). Import Risk Assessment: Juvenile yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi) from Spencer Gulf Aquaculture, South Australia. NIWA Client report WLG 2001/03, July 2002. Prepared for Island Aquafarms Ltd. 54 p.
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Diggles, B. K., Hine, P. M., Handley, S. and Boustead, N. C. (2002). A handbook of diseases of importance to aquaculture in New Zealand. NIWA Science and Technology Series No. 49, ISSN 1173-0382. 200 pages.
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Hine, P. M., Jones, J. B. and Diggles, B. K. (2000). A checklist of the parasites of New Zealand fishes, including previously unpublished records. NIWA Technical Report 75. ISSN 1174-2631. 94 pages.
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Diggles, B.K. (2000). Diseases of spiny lobsters in New Zealand. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Lobster Health Management, L. Evans (ed.). Curtin University of Technology.
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Diggles, B. K. and Simpson, D. (1998). A discussion paper on the regulation of recreational fishing in South Australia. South Australian Fisheries Management Series, Paper No. 33 (May 1998).
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Diggles, B. K. and Hall, D. (1997). A discussion paper on the management and development of recreational fishing in South Australia. South Australian Fisheries Management Series, Paper No. 23 (May 1997).
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Scientific papers:

Dungan CF, Reece KS, Moss JA, Hamilton RM, Diggles BK (2007). Perkinsus olseni in vitro isolates from the New Zealand clam Austrovenus stutchburyi. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 54: 263-270.
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Corbeil S., Arzul I., Diggles B.K., Heasman M., Chollet B., Berthe FCJ., Crane MJ. (2006). Development of a TaqMan PCR assay for the detection of Bonamia species . Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 71: 75-80.
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Whipps C.M.,Diggles B.K. (2006). Kudoa alliaria in flesh of Argentine hoki, Macruronus magellanicus (Gadiformes: Merlucciidae). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 69: 259-263.
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Diggles B.K., Oliver, M. (2005). Diseases of cultured paua (Haliotis iris) in New Zealand. Proceedings of the 5th Symposium on Diseases in Asian Aquaculture. Fish Health Section, Asian Fisheries Society, Quezon City, Philippines.
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Tubbs L.A., Poortenaar, C.W., Sewell M.A., Diggles B.K. (2005). Effects of temperature on fecundity in vitro, egg hatching and reproductive development of Benedenia seriolae and Zeuxapta seriolae (Monogenea) parasitic on yellowtail kingfish Seriola lalandi. International Journal for Parasitology 35 315-327.
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Sharp N.J., Diggles, B.K., Poortenaar, C.W and Willis T.J. (2004). Efficacy of Aqui-S, formalin and praziquantel against the monogeneans, Benedenia seriolae and Zeuxapta seriolae, infecting yellowtail kingfish, Seriola lalandi lalandi, in New Zealand. Aquaculture 236: 67-83.
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Diggles B.K. (2003). Some pathological abnormalities of New Zealand Fishes. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 37: 705-713.
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Sharp, N. J., Poortenaar, C. W., Diggles, B. K. and Willis T. J. (2003). Metazoan parasites of yellowtail kingfish, Seriola lalandi lalandi, in New Zealand. Prevalence, intensity and site specificity. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 37: 273-282.
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Diggles, B.K., Cochennec-Laureau, N., Hine, P.M. (2003). Comparison of diagnostic techniques for Bonamia exitiosus from flat oysters Ostrea chilensis in New Zealand. Aquaculture: 220: 145-156.
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Diggles, B.K., Nichol, J., Hine, P.M., Wakefield, S., Cochennec-Laureau, N., Roberts, R.D., Friedman, C.S. (2002): Pathology of cultured paua (Haliotis iris Martyn, 1784) infected by a novel haplosporidian parasite, with some observations on the course of disease. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 50: 219-231.
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Hine, P.M., Diggles, B.K., Parsons, M.J.D., Pringles, A., Bull B. (2002). The effects of stressors on the dynamics of Bonamia exitiosus Hine, Cochennec-Laureau & Berthe, infections in flat oysters Ostrea chilensis (Philippi). Journal of Fish Diseases 25: 545-554.
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Hine, P.M., Diggles, B.K. (2002). The distribution of Perkinsus olseni in New Zealand bivalve molluscs. Surveillance 29: 8-11.
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Hine, P.M., Diggles, B.K. (2002). Prokaryote infections in the New Zealand scallops Pecten novaezelandiae and Chlamys delicatula. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 50: 137-144.
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Hine PM, Wakefield S, Diggles BK, Webb VL, Maas EW (2002). The ultrastructure of a haplosporidian containing Rickettsiae, associated with mortalities among cultured paua Haliotis iris. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 49: 207-219.
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Diggles, B.K. (2001). A mycosis of juvenile spiny rock lobster Jasus edwardsii (Hutton, 1875) caused by Haliphthoros sp., and possible methods of chemical control. Journal of Fish Diseases 24: 99-110.
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Diggles, B. K. (2000). Chemotherapy of the ciliate Trichodina sp. on juvenile turbot (Colistium nudipinnis) with notes on the susceptibility of fish with abnormal pigmentation. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 34: 645 - 652.
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Diggles, B.K., Moss, G. A., Carson, J. and Anderson, C. D. (2000). Luminous vibriosis in rock lobster Jasus verreauxi (Decapoda: Palinuridae) phyllosoma larvae associated with infection by Vibrio harveyi. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 43: 127-137.
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Diggles B. K., J. Carson, P. M. Hine and M. Tait (2000). Vibrio species associated with mortalities in hatchery reared turbot (Colistium nudipinnis) and brill (C. guntheri) in New Zealand. Aquaculture 183: 1-12.
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Diggles, B. K. and Ernst, I. (1997). Hooking mortality of two species of shallow water reef fish caught by recreational angling methods. Marine and Freshwater Research 48: 479-483.
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Diggles, B. K. (1997). Some information on the morphology of Cryptocaryon irritans from South-East Queensland, Australia. European Journal of Protistology 33: 200-210.
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Diggles, B. K. and Adlard, R. D. (1997). Intra-specific variation in Cryptocaryon irritans. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 44: 25-32.
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Diggles, B. K. and Lester, R. J. G. (1996a). Influence of temperature and host species on the development of Cryptocaryon irritans. Journal of Parasitology 82: 45-51.

Diggles, B. K and Lester, R. J. G. (1996b). Variation in the development of two isolates of Cryptocaryon irritans. Journal of Parasitology 82: 384-388.

Diggles, B. K. and Lester, R. J. G. (1996c). Infections of Cryptocaryon irritans on wild fish from South-East Queensland. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 25: 159-167.
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Diggles, B. K. and Adlard, R. D. (1995). Taxonomic affinities of Cryptocaryon irritans and Ichthyophthirius multifiliis inferred from ribosomal RNA sequence data. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 22: 39-43.
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Roubal, F. R. and Diggles, B. K. (1993). The rate of development of Polylabroides multispinosus (Monogenea : Microcotylidae) parasitic on the gills of Acanthopagrus australis (Pisces : Sparidae). International Journal for Parasitology 23: 871-875.
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Diggles, B. K., Roubal, F. R. and Lester, R. J. G. (1993). The influence of formalin, benzocaine and hyposalinity on the fecundity and viability of Polylabroides multispinosus (Monogenea : Microcotylidae) parasitic on the gills of Acanthopagrus australis (Pisces : Sparidae). International Journal for Parasitology 23: 877-884.
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Client reports, popular articles and other work related outputs (selected recent publications listed chronologically to provide examples of the range of work experience)

Diggles BK (2008). Histopathological assessment of paua from southern marine farms, January 2008. DigsFish Services Client Report DF08-01. February 2008, 8 pgs

Diggles BK (2007). Risk assessment for translocation of Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) seed spat from Shellfish Culture sites in Tasmania into NSW. DigsFish Services Client Report DF07-09. August 2007, 37 pgs

Diggles BK (2007). Scientific submission to AQIS supporting an application for an import permit allowing entry of whole, round menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) for use as lobster bait. DigsFish Services Client Report DF07-01. January 2007. 39 pgs.

Diggles BK (2006). Methods for health assessment of sand crabs. DigsFish Services Client Report DF06-08. April 2006. 18 pgs

Diggles BK (2006). Pathology of Salmon subjected to PIT tagging – trial 2. DigsFish Services Client Report DF06-06. March 2006. 8 pgs

Diggles BK (2006). Pathology report for Sydney Rock Oyster spat from Port Stephens. DigsFish Services Client Report DF06-04. February 2006. 7 pgs

Diggles BK (2005). INVESTIGATIONS INTO MORTALITES OF SCALLOP (Amusium balloti) SPAT. DigsFish Services Client Report DF05-17. September 2005. 6 pgs

Diggles BK (2005). SCUTICOCILIATE INFECTION OF KINGFISH AND HAPUKU. DigsFish Services Client Report DF05-13. July 2005. 9 pgs

Diggles BK (2005). Testing of Pacific oyster spat for herpesvirus. DigsFish Services Client Report DF05-10. May 2005. 7 pgs

Diggles BK (2005). Pathology of Pacific and Sydney Rock Oysters. Report for NSW Fisheries. DigsFish Services Client report DF05-15.

Heasman M, Diggles BK, Hurwood D, Mather P, Pirozzi I, Dworjanyn S (2004) Paving the way for continued rapid development of the oyster (Ostrea angasi) farming industry in New South Wales. NSW Fisheries Final Report, Series No 1, ISSN 1440-354 Click Here

Diggles BK (2004). Assessment of liver pathology in chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) fed two diets. DigsFish Services Client Report DF04/36. September 2004, 10 pgs.

Diggles BK (2004). Melanised lesions in rock lobsters Jasus edwardsii. DigsFish Services Client Report DF04/33. August 2004. 8 pgs.

Diggles BK, Maas E (2004). Cook Islands Pearl Oyster and Lagoon Health Monitoring Programme, December 2003. NIWA Client Report WLG2004-24. April 2004, 48 pgs.

Diggles BK (2004). Parasites as potential stock discriminators of kingfish (Seriola lalandi). DigsFish Pathology Services Client Report DF04/13. April 2004, 12 pgs.

Diggles BK (2004). Design and costing of a survey for OIE List diseases in commercially important shellfish (Mollusca) in New Zealand. DigsFish Pathology Services Client Report DF04/12. March 2004, 27 pgs.

Diggles BK (2004). Survey of dredge oysters (Ostrea chilensis) from Foveaux Strait for Bonamiosis, oyster condition and other concurrent infections. DigsFish Pathology Services Client Report DF04/11. March 2004, 15 pgs.

Diggles BK (2004). Parasites as potential stock discriminators of blue mackerel (Scomber australasicus). DigsFish Pathology Services Client Report DF04/10. March 2003, 12 pgs.

Diggles BK (2004). Health assessment of cultured kingfish (Seriola lalandi) from Crail Bay, January 2004. DigsFish Pathology Services Client Report DF04/ 03. January 2004, 17 pgs.

Diggles BK (2004). Identification of nematodes from seacaged Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). DigsFish Pathology Services Client Report DF04/ 02. January 2004, 6 pgs.

Diggles B.K. (2003). NSW Flat oyster (Ostrea angasi) disease survey Final report - November 2003. NIWA Client Report AUS 2003 - 01, November 2003, Prepared for NSW Fisheries, NIWA Project NAU 04906, 18 pgs.

Diggles B.K. (2003). Parasitological and pathological inspection of Macrobrachium rosenbergii from NZ Prawns Ltd. Pathology report prepared for NZ Prawns Ltd, Taupo, June 2003. 4 pgs.

Diggles B. K. (2003). Shellfish Disease Surveillance Programme - Final Report June 2003. NIWA Client Report AUS 2002 - 018, June 2003, Prepared for PIRSA, NIWA Project NAU 03911, 24 pgs.

Diggles B. K. (2003). Shellfish Disease Surveillance Programme - Preliminary Report May 2003. NIWA Client Report AUS 2002 - 014, May 2003, Prepared for PIRSA, NIWA Project NAU 03911, 13 pgs.

Diggles B. K. (2003). Shellfish Disease Surveillance Programme - Preliminary Report March 2003. NIWA Client Report AUS 2002 - 010, March 2003, Prepared for Primary Industries and Resources, South Australia, NIWA Project NAU 03911, 8 p.

Dunn, A., Michael, K. P., Forman, J. S. and Diggles B. K. (2003). Estimates of intensity and prevalence of infection by Bonamia exitiosus in oysters for selected sites in Foveaux Strait in February 2003. Final Research report no. WLG2003-10, for BOM 03301, March 2003. 25 p. (Unpublished report held by the Ministry of Fisheries, Wellington).

Bruce, M., Diggles, B., Herbert, N. and Jeffs, A. (2003). The potential use of bovine colostrum in aquaculture. NIWA Client report AKL 2003-016, February 2003, Prepared for Fonterra Tech, NIWA project KTL 02101. 18 p.

Macaulay, G., Hart, A., Grimes, P., Diggles, B. K., Bull, B. (2002). Target strength estimates of hoki and associated species. Final research report for Ministry of Fisheries Research Project HOK2000/03, Objective 3. November 2002. 33 p. (Unpublished report held by the Ministry of Fisheries, Wellington).

Hickman B, Tait M, Redfearn P, Moss G, Allen S, Poortenaar C, Diggles B, Maas E, Carton G (2002). Progress towards kingfish farming in New Zealand: a report on the kingfish larval rearing programme 2001/02. NIWA Client report AK02088, July 2002, prepared for Moana Pacific Fisheries Ltd. 20 p.

Diggles, B. K. and Oliver, M. (2002). Investigation of the epidemiology of a haplosporidian parasite infecting cultured paua Haliotis iris. Final research report for Ministry of Fisheries Research Project MOF 2001/03, Objective 1. June 2002. 12 p. (Unpublished report held by the Ministry of Fisheries, Wellington).

Diggles, B. K. and Hine, P. M. (2002). Bonamia epidemiology in Foveaux Strait oysters. Final Research Report for Ministry of Fisheries Research Project OYS 1999/01/other services. June 2002. 52 p. (Unpublished report held by the Ministry of Fisheries, Wellington).

Dunn A., Michael, K. P., Parsons, M., Diggles, B. K. (2002a). Updated estimates of the commercial population size, yields and estimates of the intensity and prevalence of infection by Bonamia exitiosus in Foveaux Strait oysters for selected sites in Foveaux Strait in March 2002. Final research report for Ministry of Fisheries Research Project MOF 2001/03L Objectives 1 and 2, July 2002. 20 p. (Unpublished report held by the Ministry of Fisheries, Wellington).

Dunn A., Michael, K. P., Parsons, M., Diggles, B. K. (2002b). Estimates of prevalence and intensity of infection of Foveaux Strait oysters by Bonamia exitiosus for selected sites in Foveaux Strait in January 2002. Final research report for Ministry of Fisheries Research Project MOF 2001/03I, February 2002. 16 p. (Unpublished report held by the Ministry of Fisheries, Wellington).

Michael K, Dunn A, Diggles B (2002). Foveaux Strait: Bonamia is back - a setback for the rebuilding Bluff oyster fishery. Seafood New Zealand August 2002: 44.

Smith, P, Diggles, B. K., Bull, B. and Benson, P. (2001). Stock relationships of alfonsino and cardinalfish in New Zealand waters. Final Research report for Ministry of Fisheries Research Project DEE1999/03, objective 2. September 2001. 50 p. (Unpublished report held by the Ministry of Fisheries, Wellington).

Diggles, B. K. and Tait, M. (2001). Mortality of eels (Anguilla australis) in a water recirculation system. NIWA Client report WLG 2001/92 prepared for Wiptec Aquaculture Ltd, December 2001. 8 p.

Oliver M, and Diggles BK (2001). Condition assessment of CRA8 lobsters from Bluff Holding facility. NIWA Client report WLG 2001/95 prepared for Ngai Tahu Fisheries Ltd. December 2001. 12 p.

Michael, K. P., Dunn, A., Parsons, M., Diggles, B. K. Cranfield, H. J. (2001). Preliminary analysis of Foveaux Strait oysters and associated infection by Bonamia exitiosus. Final Research report for Ministry of Fisheries Research Project OYS 2000/01. 25 p. (Unpublished report held by the Ministry of Fisheries, Wellington).

Diggles, B. K and P. M. Hine (2001). Mortality of black-lip pearl oysters (Pinctada margaritifera) in Manihiki Lagoon. NIWA client report no. WLG 01/5 prepared for The Ministry of Marine Resources, Government of the Cook Islands. 36 p.

Diggles, B. K. (2001). A paua parasite problem ? Aquaculture Update 28: 3.
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Dunn, A., Hine, P. M., Diggles, B. K., and Andrew, N. L. (2001). The oyster and the parasite. Seafood New Zealand, June 2001. 9(5): 46-47.

Smith, P., Proctor, C., Robertson, S., McMillan, P., Bull, B. and Diggles, B. (2000). Stock relationships of black oreo in New Zealand waters. Final Research Report for the Ministry of Fisheries Research Project DEE9801 Objective 1 (Part two). November 2000. 40 p. (Unpublished report held by the Ministry of Fisheries, Wellington).

Dunn, A, Michael, K. P., Hine, P. M., Andrew, N. L., Diggles, B. K. and Cranfield, H. J. (2000). Analysis of a survey of the prevalence and intensity of Bonamia sp. in Foveaux Strait oysters. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2000/32, September 2000.

Diggles, B. K. (2000). Final report on the parasites and pathological lesions of yellowbelly flounder Rhombosolea leporina and their relationship with contamination in Manukau Harbour. NIWA Client Report WLG 2000/29 prepared for the Auckland Regional Council. 14 p.

Diggles, B. K., Chang, H., Smith, P., Uddstrom, M. and Zeldis, J. (2000). A discolouration syndrome of commercial bivalve molluscs in the waters surrounding the Coromandel Peninsula. Final report for the Ministry of Fisheries Research Project MOF 1999/04B, January 2000. 30 p. (Unpublished report held by the Ministry of Fisheries, Wellington).

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Ben also writes monthly columns on fish biology for the Australian Anglers Fishing World Magazine (since 1995) and Sport Fishing Magazine (since March 2003)