Publications
Reviews, management papers, risk analyses and conference presentations
Diggles BK, Bass D, Bateman KS, Chong R, Daumich C, Hawkins KA, Hazelgrove R, Kerr R, Moody NJ, Ross S, Stentiford GD (2023). A new haplosporidian (Haplosporidium acetes) infecting jelly prawns in Moreton Bay. Presented at the Sixth FRDC Australasian Scientific Conference on Aquatic Animal Health & Biosecurity, Cairns, 4-6 July 2023. Full Presentation
Diggles BK (2023). Predatory journal presentation B: Fish are no longer the only predators in the field of aquatic animal health and welfare. Presented at the Sixth FRDC Australasian Scientific Conference on Aquatic Animal Health & Biosecurity, Cairns, 4-6 July 2023. Full Presentation
Diggles BK (2023). Predatory journal presentation A: Fish are no longer the only predators in the field of aquatic animal health and welfare. Presented at the National Aquatic Animal Health Technical Forum hosted by DAF Fisheries, Cooparoo 22 March 2023. Full Presentation
World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) (2023). Safe commodity assessments for WOAH listed aquatic animal diseases. A revision conducted by DigsFish Services for the World Organisation for Animal Health, Paris, France. January 2023. 117 pgs. Full Report
Diggles BK (2022). Biosecurity upgrades following detection of WSSV in a prawn hatchery at Yamba, northern NSW. DigsFish Services Report DF22-06 for Fisheries Research and Development Corporation Project 2022-072, October 2022. Full Text
Diggles BK (2022). Future proofing aquatic biosecurity: Consistency is urgently needed for Australia’s ALOP for prawns. Presented at 2nd Australian Biosecurity Symposium, 3-5 May 2022, Gold Coast, Australia. Full Presentation, Abstract
Diggles BK (2022). Fish disease surveillance for Snowy 2.0 Biosecurity Risk Management Plan - Baseline Distribution of EHNV and Lernaea cyprinacea. DigsFish Services Report: DF 22-01, 6 April 2022, 24 pgs.
Diggles BK (2021). Pathogen risk analysis for aquaculture biosecurity and translocation of tropical rock lobsters (Panulirus ornatus) in northern Australia. DigsFish Services Report DF 21-03b, 29 November 2021, 120 pgs.
Diggles BK (2021). Pathogen risk analysis for Sydney rock oyster translocations between Queensland or New South Wales and Western Australia. DigsFish Services Report DF 21-01c, 1 September 2021, 113 pgs.
Diggles BK (2021). Providing staged advice for the Snowy 2.0 Biosecurity Risk Management Plan: Stage 1 Hazard Identification. DigsFish Services Report: DF 21-02a, 10 May 2021, 34 pgs.
Diggles BK (2020). Survey for WSSV vectors in the Moreton Bay White Spot Biosecurity Area. DigsFish Services Report DF 20-04 for Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, 15 December 2020, 54 pgs.
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Diggles BK (2020). Risk Analysis - Biosecurity risks related to recycling of mollusc shell waste for shellfish reef restoration. DigsFish Services Report: DF 20-03b, 6 November 2020, 270 pgs. Full Text
Diggles BK (2020). Risk Analysis - Biosecurity risks related to recycling of mollusc shell waste for shellfish reef restoration. DRAFT: Hazard Identification. DigsFish Services Report: DF 20-03a, 1 May 2020. 48 pgs.
Diggles BK (2020). CRC NA - Pathogen Risk Analysis for tropical rock oysters. DigsFish Services Report: DF 20-02, 30 April 2020. 147 pgs.
Diggles BK (2020). Biosecurity considerations for offshore aquaculture in New Zealand. DigsFish Services Report: DF 20-01, 31 January 2020. 26 pgs.Full text
Diggles BK (2019). Assessment of environmental effects - Disease Risk Assessment report for proposed salmon farms at Stewart Island, New Zealand. DigsFish Services Report: DF 19-02, 13 May 2019. 114 pgs.
Department of Agriculture (2019). Aquatic Disease Field Guide. Aquatic animal diseases significant to Australia: Identification Field Guide 5th Edition. Sept 2019. Full Text
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Diggles BK, Graham G, Foster-Thorpe C (2019). Development of the Aquatic Animal Diseases Significant to Australia: Identification Field Guide 5th Edition. Presented at the fifth FRDC Australasian Aquatic Animal Health Scientific Conference, Cairns, 8-12 July, 2019.
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Diggles BK (2019). Why marine scientists should be early adopters in the upcoming transition to electric vehicles. Prepared for the fifth FRDC Australasian Aquatic Animal Health Scientific Conference, Cairns, 8-12 July, 2019.
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Diggles BK (2019). Disease Risk Assessment Report - Open ocean salmon farms near Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand. DigsFish Services Report: DF 19-01, 20 February 2019. 96 pgs.
Sim-Smith C, Diggles BK (2019). Review of International Aquatic Health Inspection and Surveillance Programmes. MPI Technical Paper No: 2019/05. Prepared for Ministry for Primary Industries, New Zealand. 153 pgs.
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Diggles BK (2018). Yumbah Nyamat abalone farm assessment of biosecurity and disease risks for the wild fishery. DigsFish Services Report: DF 18-05, 28 December 2018. 45 pgs.
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Diggles BK (2018). Distances to consider for farm management area planning in the Marlborough Sounds. DigsFish Services Report: DF 18-03, 4 August 2018. 17 pgs.
Diggles BK (2018). Environmental Assessment Report - Import of specific pathogen free Penaeus monodon into Australia. DigsFish Services Report: DF 18-02, 29 June 2018. 27 pgs.
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Diggles BK (2018). Independent Technical Assessment: Pathogen Risk Analyses for the introduction of whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) and black tiger prawns (Penaeus monodon) to the Sultanate of Oman. DigsFish Services Client Report DF18-01. March 2018. 8 pgs.
Diggles BK (2017). Field notes from an outbreak of white spot disease in prawn farms on the Logan River, South East Queensland. Presented at the fourth FRDC Australasian Aquatic Animal Health Scientific Conference, Cairns, 10-14 July, 2017. Final report,
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Diggles BK (2017). Northern Australia Biosecurity Initiative - Marine Pest and Disease Risk Assessment. DigsFish Services Report DF17-02. 194 pgs.
Diggles BK (2017). Pathogen risk analysis for Sydney rock oyster translocations between New South Wales and Western Australia. DigsFish Services Report DF17-06a. 97 pgs.
Diggles BK (2015). Protection and repair of Australias shellfish reefs, Southern Queensland Report. DigsFish Services Client Report DF15-01. September 2015. 27 pgs.
Diggles BK, Barnes L (2015). Surveillance of fish and shellfish health in Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory. Presented at the third FRDC Australasian Aquatic Animal Health Scientific Conference, Cairns, 6-10 July, 2015.
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Diggles BK (2014).Infection of wild queenfish with sealice (Lepeophtheirus spinifer and Caligus spp.) in Australia, with observations of skin rashes in fish from Gladstone Harbour, Queensland. Prepared for the second FRDC Australasian Aquatic Animal Health Scientific Conference, Cairns, 8-12 July, 2013, and presented to Project Neptune Webinar Series 31 March 2014.
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Diggles BK, Macbeth WG, Barnes L, Dyrting K (2013). Detection of a new rickettsia-like organism in wild caught sand crabs (Portunus pelagicus) from Darwin and Bynoe Harbours. Second FRDC Australasian Aquatic Animal Health Scientific Conference 8-12 July, 2013, Cairns Australia.
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Diggles BK (2012). Independent Technical Assessment: Import Risk Assessment for the introduction of whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. DigsFish Services Client Report DF12-03. December 2012. 10 pgs8.
Diggles BK (2011). Declines of bivalve molluscs in Australian estuaries - disease or declining water quality ? Paper presented at the 1st Australasian Scientific Conference on Aquatic Animal Health 5 - 8 July, 2011, Pullman Reef Hotel, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
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Diggles BK (2011). Risk Analysis. Aquatic animal diseases associated with domestic bait translocation. Final report prepared for the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Canberra, FRDC Project No. 2009/072. 296 pgs.
Diggles BK (2011). Declines in bivalve populations in Pumicestone Passage. Pumicestone Catchment Science Conference Presentation, March 2011. Poster Text here
Diggles BK, Arthur JR (2008). Pathogen Risk analysis for aquatic animals: experiences from nine case studies. pp. 271-290. In Bondad-Reantaso, M.G., Jones, J.B., Corsin, F. and Aoki, T.
(eds.). Diseases in Asian Aquaculture VII. Fish Health Section, Asian Fisheries Society, Selangor,
Malaysia. 385 pp
Fish Kill Investigations
Diggles BK (2023). Unusual mortalities of yabbies (Trypea australiensis) in Pacific Harbour, Bribie Island. Report for interested residents 19 April 2023. Report
Diggles BK, Barnes L, Landos M, Dennis MM, O'Carroll JPJ (2021). Sea lice Lepeophtheirus spinifer, Tuxophorus sp. and Caligus sp. infections on wild-caught queenfish Scomberoides commersonnianus from northern Australia. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 143: 37-50. Abstract
Diggles BK (2019). Fish kill, Biggs Ave Lake, Beachmere, QLD 30 March to 1 April 2019 - description of events. DigsFish Services Client Report DF19-03, 29 June 2019.
Dennis MM, Diggles BK, Faulder R, Olyott L, Pyecroft SB, Gilbert GE, Landos M (2016). Pathology of finfish and mud crabs Scylla serrata during a mortality event associated with a harbour development project in Port Curtis, Australia. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 121: 173-188.
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Diggles BK (2011). Barramundi Health Check, Boyne River, April 2011. DigsFish Services Pathology Report DF11-25. 9 April 2011, 4 pgs
Diggles BK (2009). Fish Kill, Biggs Ave , Beachmere QLD 24-25 November 2009. DigsFish Services Client Report DF09-11. 30 November 2009, 26 pgs.
Chang FH, Readfern P, Diggles BK, Glasby C, Allen S (1998). Some characteristics of the Wellington Harbour Gymnodinium toxins: impacts on marine animals and algae. MAF Proceedings of the Marine Biotoxin Science Workshop No. 10, pp. 75-84, Wellington, New Zealand
Parliamentary Inquiries or Reviews
Diggles BK (2021). Submission by DigsFish Services to the Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee Inquiry into the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (Regulatory Levies) Bill 2021 and Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Bill 2021,
9 September 2021, 6 pgs.
Diggles BK (2021). Submission by DigsFish Services to the NSW Animal Welfare Reform Discussion Paper, 5 September 2021, 13 pgs.
Diggles BK (2020). Submission by DigsFish Services to DAWE on the revised Prawn Risk Analysis Draft Risk Review, 16 December 2020, 6 pgs.
Diggles BK (2018). Scientific submission: Specific biosecurity issues with Australias current prawn import
policy. Submission to Biosecurity Advice 2018/06: Request for scientific submissions on specific issues with Australia's current prawn import policy
Diggles BK (2017a). Identifying and addressing the biosecurity risks to Australia associated with imported prawns and seafood products. Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the biosecurity risks associated with the importation of seafood and seafood products (including uncooked prawns and uncooked prawn meat) into Australia.
Diggles BK (2017b). DigsFish Submission to the Inspector-General of Biosecurity's review of the circumstances leading to the 2017 suspension of uncooked prawn imports into Australia and the biosecurity considerations relevant to future trade in uncooked prawns .
Diggles BK, Diggles G (2014). Submission to the Independent Review into the leaking bund wall at the Port of Gladstone. Prepared for: The Independent Bundwall Review Panel. DigsFish Services Report DF14-01. 26 February 2014. 38 pgs.
Diggles BK (2011). The case for moderation of marine bioregional planning processes in Australia. A submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bioregional Plans) Bill 2011.
Peer reviewed scientific papers
67 Diggles BK, Arlinghaus R, Browman HI, Cooke SJ, Cooper RL, Cowx IG, Derby CD, Derbyshire SW, Hart PJB, Jones B, Kasumyan AO, Key B*, Pepperell JG, Rogers C, Rose JD, Schwab A, Skiftesvik AB, Stevens D, Shields JD, Watson C (In press). Reasons to be skeptical about sentience and pain in fishes and aquatic invertebrates. Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture In press
66 Bostrom-Einarsson L, Martínez-Baena F, Diggles BK, Firby L, McLeod I (2022). An ecological assessment of Australia's first community oyster gardens. Ecological Management and Restoration 23: 244-251. Full text
65 McAfee D, McLeod IM, Alleway HK, Bishop MJ, Branigan S, Connell SD, Copeland C, Crawford CM, Diggles BK, Fitzsimons JA, Gilby BL, Hamer P, Hancock B, Pearce R, Russell K, Gillies CL (2022). Turning a lost reef ecosystem into a national restoration program. Conservation Biology DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13958 Full text
64 Diggles BK, Ernst I, Wesche S, Scutt K (2022). Influence of fish attractant on hooking location of Lutjanus carponotatus and Epinephelus quoyanus caught with soft plastic and hard-bodied lures. Fisheries Management and Ecology doi.org/10.1111/fme.12589. Abstract
63 Diggles BK, Bass D, Bateman KS, Chong R, Daumich C, Hawkins KA, Hazelgrove R, Kerr R, Moody NC, Ross S, Stentiford GD (2022). Haplosporidium acetes n.sp. infecting the hepatopancreas of jelly prawns Acetes sibogae australis from Moreton Bay, Australia. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 190: 107751. Abstract
62 Hlina BL, Glassman DM, Chhor AD, Etherington BS, Elvidge CK, Diggles BK, Cooke SJ (2021). Hook Retention but not hooking injury is associated with behavioural differences in bluegill. Fisheries Research 242: 106034. Abstract
61 Cooke SJ, Venturelli P, Twardek WM, Lennox RJ, Brownscombe JW, Skov C, Hyder K, Suski CD, Diggles BK, Arlinghaus R, Danylchuk AJ (2021). Technological innovations in the recreational fishing sector: implications for fisheries management and policy. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 31: 253–288. Full text
60 Diggles BK (2021). Biosecurity risks related to recycling of mollusc shell waste for shellfish reef restoration in Australia. Ecological Management and Restoration 22: 145-159. Abstract
59 Diggles BK, Barnes L, Landos M, Dennis MM, O'Carroll JPJ (2021). Sea lice Lepeophtheirus spinifer, Tuxophorus sp. and Caligus sp. infections on wild-caught queenfish Scomberoides commersonnianus from northern Australia. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 143: 37-50. Abstract
58 Arlinghaus R, Cowx IG, Key B, Diggles BK, Schwab A, Cooke SJ, Skiftesvik AB, Browman HI (2020). Pragmatic animal welfare is independent of feelings. Science 370 (Issue 6513): 180. Abstract
57 Diggles BK, Chong RSM, Hawkins KA, Underwood DJ, Genge B, Driver L, Kistler C (2020). Investigation into white spots in the carapace of a moribund mud crab (Scylla serrata) from a white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) positive zone in Moreton Bay, Australia. Australian Veterinary Journal 98: 550-554. Abstract
56 Thurstan RH, Diggles BK, Gillies CL, Strong MK, Kerkhove R, Buckley SM, King RA, Smythe V, Heller-Wagner G, Weeks R, McLeod I (2020). Charting two centuries of transformation in a coastal social-ecological system: implications for modern management. Global Environmental Change 61: 102058. Abstract
55 Boxshall GA, Bernot JP, Barton DP, Diggles BK, Yong RQ, Atkinson-Coyle, T, Hutson KS (2020). Parasitic copepods of the family Lernanthropidae Kabata, 1979 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) recorded from Australian fishes, with descriptions of seven new species. Zootaxa 4736 (1): 1-103. Abstract
54 McLeod IM, Bostro-Einarsson L, Creighton C, D'Anastasi B, Diggles BK, Dwyer PG, Firby L, Le Port A, Luongo A, Martinez-Baena F, McOrrie S, Heller-Wagner G, Gillies CL (2019). Habitat value of Sydney rock oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) reefs on soft sediments. Marine and Freshwater Research 70: 1-11. Abstract
53 Diggles BK (2018). Review of some scientific issues related to crustacean welfare. ICES Journal of Marine Science DOI:10.1093/icesjms/fsy058. Full text
52 Diggles BK, Ernst I, Wesche S (2018). Emergence of Serranid Pigment Abnormality Syndrome (SPAS) in wire netting cod (Epinephelus quoyanus) from Heron Island on the southern Great Barrier Reef. Marine and Freshwater Research 69:1201-1207, https://doi.org/10.1071/MF17353. Abstract
51 Gilles et al. (2018). Australian shellfish habitats: past distribution, current status and future direction. PLOS One. Full Text.
50 Diggles BK (2017). Annual pattern of settlement of Sydney rock oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) spat in Pumicestone Passage, Moreton Bay. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 122: 17-33. Full Text.
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49 Diggles BK, Arlinghaus R, Browman HI, Cooke SJ, Cowx IG, Kasumayan AO, Key B, Rose JD, Sawynok W, Schwab A, Skiftesvik AB, Stevens ED, Watson CA, Wynne CDL (2017). Responses of larval zebrafish to low pH immersion assay. Comment on Lopez-Luna et al. (2017). Journal of Experimental Biology, 220: 3191-3192. http://jeb.biologists.org/content/220/17/3191
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48 Key B, Arlinghaus R, Browman HI, Cooke CJ, Cowx IG, Diggles BK, Rose JD, Sawynok W, Schwab A, Skiftesvik AB, Stevens ED, Watson CA. (2017). Problems with equating thermal preference with "emotional fever" and sentience. Comment on Rey et al. (2015) Fish can show emotional fever: stress-induced hyperthermia in zebrafish. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 284: 20160681
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47 Dennis MM, Diggles BK, Faulder R, Olyott L, Pyecroft SB, Gilbert GE, Landos M (2016). Pathology of finfish and mud crabs Scylla serrata during a mortality event associated with a harbour development project in Port Curtis, Australia. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 121: 173-188.
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46 Cutmore SC, Diggles BK, Cribb TH (2016). Transversotrema Witenberg, 1944 (Trematoda: Transversotrematidae) from inshore fishes of Australia: description of a new species and significant range extensions for three congeners. Systematic Parasitology 93: 639-652.
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45 Stevens ED, Arlinghaus R, Browman HI, Cooke SJ, Cowx IG, Diggles BK, Key B, Rose JD, Sawynok W, Schwab A, Skiftesvik, AB, Watson CA, and Wynne CDL (2016). Stress is not pain. Comment on Elwood and Adams (2015) Electric shock causes physiological stress responses in shore crabs, consistent with prediction of pain. Biology Letters 12(4):DOI:10.1098/rsbl.2015.1006. Abstract
44 Gilles CL and 22 other co-authors (2015). Scaling up marine restoration efforts in Australia. Ecological Management and Restoration 16(2): 84-85.
43 Moravec F, Diggles BK (2015). A new gonad-infecting species of Philometra, P. barnesi sp. n. (Nematoda: Philometridae), from the marine fish Pomadasys argenteus (Haemulidae) off the northern coast of Australia. Parasitology Research 114: 4121-4126.
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42 Diggles BK (2015). Development of resources to promote best practice in the humane dispatch of finfish caught by recreational fishers. Fisheries Management and Ecology DOI: 10.1111/fme.12127.
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41 Kritsky DC, Diggles BK (2015). Acanthocercodes gen. n. (Monogenoidea: Diplectanidae) for species parasitizing threadfins (Perciformes: Polynemidae), with description of Acanthocercodes bullardi sp. n. from Polydactylus octonemus (Girard) and reassignment of three species of Diplectanum Monticelli, 1903 from threadfins of the Indo-Pacific Ocean. Systematic Parasitology: 91: 191-201.
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40 Moravec F, Diggles BK (2015). Philometra mirabilis sp. n. (Nematoda: Philometridae), a new gonad-infecting parasite from the freshwater fish Cichla mirianae (Cichlidae) in the Brazilian Amazon. Parasitology Research 114: 1929-1932.
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39 Diggles BK (2015). Reply to Pollock (2014) Comments on 'Saddleback deformities in yellowfin bream Acanthopagrus australis (Gunther) from South east Queensland' by Diggles (2013). Journal of Fish Diseases 38: 331-333.
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38 Dennis MM, Diggles BK (2015). Multicentric orocutaneous fibrosarcoma in a fork-tailed catfish (Hemiarius dioctes). Journal of Fish Diseases DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12349
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37 Moravec F, Diggles BK (2014b). Two new gonad-infecting species of Philometra (Nematoda: Philometridae) from marine fishes off the northern coast of Australia. Systematic Parasitology 89: 33-44.
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36 Moravec F, Diggles BK, Barnes L, MacBeth W (2014). Buckleyella ornata sp. n. (Nematoda: Philometridae) from the abdominal cavity of the talang queenfish Scomberoides commersonnianus (Perciformes: Carangidae) off the northern coast of Australia. Helminthologia 51, 3: 230-235.
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35 Kritsky DC, Diggles BK (2014). Dactylogyrids (Monogenoidea: Polyonchoinea) parasitizing the gills of snappers (Perciformes: Lutjanidae): Species of Euryhaliotrema Kritsky & Boeger, 2002 from the golden snapper Lutjanus johnii (Bloch) off northern Australia, with a redescription of Euryhaliotrema johni (Tripathi, 1959) and descriptions of two new species. Systematic Parasitology 87: 73-82.
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34 Moravec F, Diggles BK (2014a). Philometrid nematodes (Philometridae) from marine fishes off the northern coast of Australia, including three new species. Folia Parasitologica 61: 37-54.
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33 Rose JD, Arlinghaus R, Cooke SJ, Diggles BK, Sawynok W, Stevens ED, Wynne CDL (2014). Can fish really feel pain ? Fish and Fisheries 15: 97-133.
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32 Diggles BK (2013). Historical epidemiology indicates water quality decline drives loss of oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) reefs in Moreton Bay, Australia. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 47: 561-581.
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31 Diggles BK (2013). Saddleback deformities in yellowfin bream Acanthopagrus australis (Gunther) from South east Queensland. Journal of Fish Diseases 36: 521-527.
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30 Diggles BK, Sawynok W, Olyott LJH (2011). Development of an environmental standard for recreational fishing tournaments. In: Beard TD et al. (2011). The angler in the environment. Proceedings of the 5th World Recreational Fishing Conference. American Fisheries Society Symposium 75: 251-261.
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29 Diggles BK, Cooke SJ, Rose JD, Sawynok W (2011b). Response to Torgersen et al. (2011): Reply to Diggles et al. (2011): Ecology and Welfare of aquatic animals in wild capture fisheries. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 22(1): 367-369.
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28 Diggles BK, Cooke SJ, Rose JD, Sawynok W (2011a). Ecology and welfare of aquatic animals in wild capture fisheries. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 21(4): 739-765.
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27 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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26 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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25 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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24 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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23 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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22 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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21 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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20 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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19 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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18 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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17 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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16 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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15 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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14 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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13 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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12 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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11 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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10 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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9 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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8 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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7 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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6 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.
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5 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.
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4 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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3 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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2 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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1 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, manuals, books, chapters in books, phone applications
Diggles BK (2020). White spot disease in Australian crustaceans. Animal Health Surveillance Quarterly January to March 2020, Vol 25(1): 17-21. Full text here or Here
Culloty S, Carnegie R, Diggles BK, Deveney M, Michael K, Farnsworth M (2020). Report of the Technical Advisory Group 2019 on a return to flat oyster farming 23-27 September 2019. Report produced for Biosecurity New Zealand to inform advice to the Bonamia Programme Governance Group. February 2020. 45 pgs.
Aquavetplan (2020). Australian Aquatic Veterinary Emergency Plan. White Spot Disease. Version 3.0, 2020. 73 pgs. A revision conducted by DigsFish Services for the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Canberra.
Department of Agriculture (2019). Aquatic Diseases Field Guide Mobile Applications available for Android, or iOS.
Diggles, BK, Porter R, Vardon J, Porter R, Porter J, Veary E (2019d). Pumicestone Passage Shellfish Reef Habitat Restoration Project - December 2018 deployment 12 Month Invertebrate Monitoring.
OzFish Unlimited, 31 December 2019. 19 pgs. Full Text
Diggles, BK, Porter R, Vardon J, MacFarlane C, Veary E (2019c). Pumicestone Passage Shellfish Reef Habitat Restoration Project - December 2018 deployment 9 Month Invertebrate Monitoring.
OzFish Unlimited, 18 September 2019. 17 pgs. Full Text
Diggles BK, Porter R, Vardon J, Hawthorne S, Veary E (2019b). Pumicestone Passage Shellfish reef Habitat restoration Project - December 2018 deployment - 6 month Invertebrate Monitoring. OzFish Unlimited Report, June 2019, 15 pgs. Full Text
Diggles BK, Porter R, Vardon J, Hawthorne S, Veary E (2019a). Pumicestone Passage Shellfish reef Habitat restoration Project - December 2018 deployment - 3 month Invertebrate Monitoring. OzFish Unlimited Report, March 2019, 19 pgs. Full Text
Diggles BK, Porter R, Sheehan M, Hawthorne S, Veary E (2018). Pumicestone Passage Shellfish reef Habitat restoration Project - 9 Month Invertebrate Monitoring. OzFish Unlimited Report, September 2018, 26 pgs. Full Text
Aquavetplan (2018). Australian Aquatic Veterinary Emergency Plan. Operations Procedures Manual: Decontamination. Version 2.0, 2018. 125 pgs. A revision conducted by DigsFish Services for the Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer, Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Canberra
Aquavetplan (2018). Australian Aquatic Veterinary Emergency Plan. Operations Procedures Manual: Disposal. Version 3.0, 2018. 70 pgs. A revision conducted by DigsFish Services for the Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer, Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Canberra
Diggles (2017). Biosecurity audit. Bribie Island Research Centre. DigsFish Services Report DF17-04. 30 May 2017.
Diggles BK (2017). Field observations and assessment of the response to an outbreak of White Spot Disease (WSD) in Black Tiger Prawns (Penaeus monodon) farmed on the Logan River in November 2016. FRDC Project No: 2016-064. 112 pgs.Full Text, or Here
DAWR (2017). Aquatic Disease Field Guide. Aquatic animal diseases significant to Australia: Identification Field Guide 4th Edition Mobile App. March 2017. Available for Android, iOS or Windows.
Diggles BK (2015). Ikijime Tool series of phone apps for iOS or Android
Diggles BK (2015). Host-Parasite appendix for the Fish Health Monitoring component of the Ichthys Nearshore Environmental Monitoring Program for Darwin Harbour. Host Parasite List
Diggles BK (2013). Updated risk assessment for translocation of Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) seed from Shellfish Culture Ltd (Tasmania) into NSW. DigsFish Services Client Report DF13-02. March 2013. 52 pgs.
Diggles BK, Landos M (2012). Biosecurity Workshop. Diseases of Crustaceans in Brunei Darussalam. Training course prepared for the Government of Brunei Darussalam. May 2012.
Diggles BK, Landos M (2012). Literature Review. Best practice in humane dispatch of finfish caught by recreational anglers. DigsFish Services Client Report DF12-01. Prepared for Commonwealth of Australia , Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. February 2012. 20 pgs.
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Gordon DP, Diggles BK, Meisterfeld R, Hollis CJ, Buchanan PK (2012). Chapter 15. Phylum Cercozoa. Cercomonads, filose testate amoebae, Phaeodaria, plasmodiophoras, Gromia, haplosporidians, and kin. In: Gordon DP (Ed). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. Canterbury University Press.
Diggles BK, Landos M (2011). Revision of National Water Quality Management Strategy Document 4: Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality. Task 2: Assessment of how aquatic guidelines (section 9.4) are used by resource managers and the aquaculture industry and investigate microbiological criteria for management of pathogens in waters for aquaculture. DigsFish Services Client Report DF11-01. Prepared for the NEPC Service Corporation May 2011. 92 pgs.
Diggles BK (2011). Risk Analysis. Aquatic animal diseases associated with domestic bait translocation. Final report prepared for the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Canberra, FRDC Project No. 2009/072. 296 pgs.
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Diggles BK (2010). Draft Risk Analysis. Hazard identification - aquatic animal diseases associated with domestic bait translocation. Draft prepared for the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Canberra, FRDC Project No. 2009/072. 119 pgs.
Aquavetplan (2010). Australian Aquatic Veterinary Emergency Plan. Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia. Version 2.0, 2010. 71 pgs. A revision conducted by DigsFish Services for the Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer, Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Canberra.
Landos M, Diggles BK, Landos J (2010). Crustacean and disease identification and sampling manual for Brunei Darussalam. DigsFish Services Client Report DF09-10a. Prepared for the Government of Brunei Darussalam. February 2010. 116 pgs.
Reece, KS, Moss, J, Scott, GP, Burreson, EM, Dungan, CF, Sheppard, BJ, Coleman, J, Liggins, G, Diggles, BK, Casas, S, La Peyre, JF, Villalba, A, and Upston, J (2009). Molecular identification and discrimination of Perkinsus Species: Implications for developing management strategies and assessing introduction risks. NSA 101st Annual Meeting, March 22-26, 2009, Savannah. J. Shellfish Res. 724
Diggles BK, Landos J, Landos M (2009). Import Risk Analysis - Shrimp and Other Crustacean Products. DigsFish Services Client Report DF09-10. Prepared for the Government of Brunei Darussalam December 2009. 155 pgs.
Diggles BK, Olyott L (2009). Implementation of the NEATFish environmental standard for fishing tournaments. Report published by DigsFish Services Pty Ltd, September 2009, for FRDC project no. 2008/215. 25 pgs.
Aquavetplan (2009). Australian Aquatic Veterinary Emergency Plan. Enterprise Manual. Version 2.0, 2009. 170 pgs. A revision conducted by DigsFish Services for the Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer, Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Canberra.
Diggles BK, Landos J, Landos M (2009). Assessment of Aquatic Animal Biosecurity Capacity in Brunei Darussalam - March 2009. DigsFish Services Client Report DF09-01. March 2009. 26 pgs.
Aquavetplan (2008). Australian Aquatic Veterinary Emergency Plan. Operations Procedures Manual: Disposal. Version 2.0, 2008. 50 pgs. A revision conducted by DigsFish Services for the Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer, Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Canberra.
Diggles BK (2008). Risk assessment for translocation of Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) seed from Shellfish Culture Ltd (Tasmania) into NSW. DigsFish Services Client Report DF07-09. June 2008. 35 pgs.
Diggles BK (2008). Vietnam lobsters. Pathology Report for Two Fathom Ltd. DigsFish Services Pathology DF08-05. 13 May 2008. 7 pgs. Full Text
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.
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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.
McKenzie JR, Diggles BK, Tubbs L, Poortenaar C, Parkinson D, Webster K, Miller N (2006). An evaluation of a new type of plastic-coated PIT tag for tagging snapper (Pagrus auratus). NZ Fisheries Assessment Report 2006/8. June 2006.
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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. IRA prepared by Ben Diggles for NZ Government.
Biosecurity NZ (2005). Import Risk Analysis: Ornamental fish. Biosecurity NZ, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. 264 pgs. IRA prepared by Ben Diggles for NZ Government.
Heasman M, Diggles B. K., Hurwood D, Mather P, Pirozzi I, Dworjanyn S (2004). Paving the way for continued rapid development of the flat oyster (Ostrea angasi) farming industry in New South Wales. Final Report to the Department of Transport & Regional Services Project No. NT002/0195 June 2004 NSW Fisheries Final Report Series No. 66. NSW Fisheries, Nelson Bay. Full Text
Diggles, B. K. (2004).Survey of dredge oysters (Ostrea chilensis) from Foveaux Strait from bonamiosis, oyster condition, and other concurrent infections. DigsFish Pathology Services Report DF04-11, prepared for NIWA Wellington March 2004.
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Diggles, B. K. (2003). Shellfish Disease Surveillance Programme - Final Report June 2003. NIWA Client Report AUS2002-018 for NIWA Project NAU03911 prepared for Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA). 22 pgs.
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Diggles, B. K., Hine P. M. (2002). Bonamia exitiosus epidemiology in Foveaux Strait oysters. NIWA Final Research Report for Ministry of Fisheries Research Project OYS1999/01A Objectives 5-10. 51 pgs. Full Text
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.
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.
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).ISBN 0730875008, 9780730875000
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).
Dr Diggles also writes monthly educational columns on fish biology for the Australian Anglers Fishing World Magazine
(since 1995) and contributes to a fish identification column in the USA Sport Fishing Magazine
(since March 2003).
Other work related outputs (selected publications listed chronologically from 2000 to provide examples of the range of work experience)
Diggles BK (2013). A generic domestic translocation protocol for cultured abalone. DigsFish Services Client Report DF13-03b. May 2013. 39 pgs.
Diggles BK (2013). A Victoria-Tasmania translocation protocol for cultured abalone. DigsFish Services Client Report DF13-03a. May 2013. 26 pgs.
Diggles BK (2013). Preliminary Biosecurity Assessment : Plant and Food Research Facility, Matai, Nelson NZ. DigsFish Services Client Report DF13-01. February 2013. 32 pgs.
Diggles BK (2012). Independent Technical Assessment: Import Risk Assessment for the introduction of whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. DigsFish Services Client Report DF12-03. December 2012. 10 pgs.
Diggles BK (2012). Biosecurity assessment and disease risk analysis for SAM Abalone and Southern Australian Seafoods. DigsFish Services Client Report DF12-02. May 2012. 69 pgs
Diggles BK (2011). Water quality testing: Gladstone Harbour, QLD, October- Nov 2011. DigsFish Services Client Report DF11-06. December 2011, 14 pgs.
Diggles BK (2011). Abalone Farms Australia Biosecurity Assessment and Disease Risk Analysis. DigsFish Services Client Report DF11-05. December 2011, 58 pgs.
Diggles BK (2011). Biosecurity Assessment - Cawthron Aquaculture Research Facility. Phase 2, Risk management plan for shellfish diseases. DigsFish Services Client Report DF11-04. December 2011, 113 pgs.
Diggles BK (2011). Biosecurity Assessment - Cawthron Aquaculture Research Facility. Phase 1, OsHV-1 of Pacific Oysters. DigsFish Services Client Report DF11-03. October 2011, 43 pgs.
Diggles BK (2010). Pathological assessment of groper from Mahanga Bay, February 2010. DigsFish Services Client Report DF10-02. February 2010, 13 pgs.
Diggles BK (2010). Review of the literature used by DEWHA to underpin declaration of the Coral Sea Conservation Zone. DigsFish Services Client Report DF10-01. Prepared for Marine QLD. 28 January 2010. 30 pgs.
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Diggles BK (2009). Fish Kill, Biggs Ave , Beachmere QLD 24-25 November 2009. DigsFish Services Client Report DF09-11. 30 November 2009, 26 pgs.
Diggles BK (2009). East Quarry Hard Rock Project - Assessment of Potential Fish Health interactions with Hebden Fish Farm. DigsFish Services Client Report DF09-04. June 2009, 33 pgs
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 mortalities 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 (2004). Assessment of liver pathology of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) fed two diets. DigsFish Services Client Report DF04-36. September 2004, 10 pgs.
Diggles BK (2004). CASE REPORT: Histopathology of internal organs of juvenile salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) from Kaituna. DigsFish Pathology Services Pathology Report. DF04-32. August 2004. 4 pgs
Diggles BK (2004). Disease testing of cultured paua (Haliotis iris) in New Zealand. Presentation at 2004 New Zealand Abalone Farmers Association (NZAFA) meeting at Whangarei. August 2004
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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 BK (2003). Histopathological assessment of paua from Stewart Island. DigsFish Pathology Services Client Report DF03/ 03. December 2003, 7 pgs.
Diggles BK (2003). Histopathological assessment of paua from NIWA Mahanga Bay, November 2003. DigsFish Pathology Services Client Report DF03/ 01. November 2003, 6 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). 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, 19 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).
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. http://www.maf.govt.nz/biosecurity/pests-diseases/animals/risk/yellowtail-kingfish-ra.pdf
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 BK and Hine PM (2001). The distribution of Perkinsus olseni in New Zealand bivalve molluscs. NIWA Client Report: WLG 01/46 prepared for The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Biosecurity Authority, July 2001, 15 p.
Diggles, B. K. (2001). A paua parasite problem ? Aquaculture Update 28: 3.
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).