DigsFish Services can provide the following:
- Disease diagnostic services for marine fish and shellfish in New Zealand, Australia, the Pacific Islands and Asia. Expertise in many species, including:
Fish
Barramundi, bream, blue cod, cobia, coral trout, flounder, gropers, kingfish, mulloway, reef fish, seahorses, silver perch, snappers, whiting, ornamental fish (all species),
Shellfish
lobsters, prawns, flat oysters, pearl oysters, rock oysters, mussels, abalone (paua), scallops, sea urchins (kina), and other marine organisms.
Specialty areas
- Feed attractant research - we develop unbelieveably effective premium attractant products for recreational fishing
and aquaculture. Remember the data in the presentation is for plastic fishing lures. We can get fish to eat just about anything - very useful for feeds with low fish meal content or unpalatable medicated feeds.
- Histology based shellfish disease certification (to national and international (OIE) standards)
- Medicated feed development
- Design, implementation and analysis of parasitological and pathological surveys as indicators of environmental health
- Advice on disease prevention, treatment and control in fish and shellfish culture
- Advice on seafood safety issues
- Educational material for seafood handlers, retailers and the general public on parasites which affect the marketability of fish and shellfish product
- Production of health plans 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)
- Import Risk Assessments and development of translocation protocols relating to movements of live and processed marine fish and shellfish
- Parasite surveys for fisheries stock discrimination