DigsFish Services can provide the following:
Specialty areas
- Import Risk Assessments and development of biosecurity, 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
- Histology based shellfish disease certification (to national and international (OIE) standards)
- 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 biosecurity, 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
Disease diagnostic services
for marine fish and shellfish throughout Australasia. 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, crabs, prawns, flat oysters, pearl oysters, rock oysters, mussels, abalone (paua), scallops, sea urchins (kina), and other marine organisms.