Jun 5Newsletter || June 2020Chairmans Report Len Stephens COVID-19 Impact COVID-19 has caused a disastrous loss of income for all businesses, ASI included. It has ...
Apr 3ASI COVID-19 Stakeholder LetterDear Industry stakeholder, I am writing in these difficult times to keep you informed about the effects of the COVID-19 on ASI. We are an...
Aug 27, 2019Marine scientists turning their attention to meat and shell quality of Tasmanian oystersListen to radio interview with Matt Cunnigham of ASI future breeding direction.
Jul 5, 2019ASI wins the Research, Development and Extension Award in the 2019 Tasmanian Seafood Industry AwardsThe Hodgman Liberal Government is a strident supporter of the Tasmanian seafood industry and applauds the winners and nominees from Satu...
Dec 20, 2018ASI Newsletter Summer 2019The the new ASI newsletter is out now. Please click the picture to view the newsletter PDF.
May 15, 2018ASI newsletter Autumn 2018The new ASI newsletter is out now. Please click the picture to view the newsletter PDF.
Apr 29, 2018Another step for stronger oystersThe data from a trial of oysters resistant to Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS) in Adelaide’s Port River will be collected and an...
Apr 3, 2018Disease-resistant oysters released in Adelaide's Port River in new trialA trial of oysters resistant to Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS) in Adelaide's Port River is the latest effort to counter the d...
Oct 23, 2017ASI annual report 2017The new ASI annual report is out now. Please click the picture to view the newsletter PDF.
Jun 13, 2017ASI newsletter online winter 2017ASI newsletter is out now. Please click the picture to view the newsletter PDF.
May 22, 2017Super oyster: the oyster that could save Tasmania's industryTasmania's Pacific Oyster industry has gone through hell and back over the past 14 months. The Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS) w...
May 20, 2017Tasmania 'super oyster' program set to fight crippling mortality syndromeTasmania's $26 million oyster industry has new hope, with scientists testing a "super oyster" in waters hit by the deadly Pacific oyster...
May 2, 2017Turning the tide against a deadly oyster virusIn 2007, France’s Pacific oyster industry was all but wiped out by Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS), a disease that is harmless ...
Nov 10, 2016ASI new newsletter online summer 2016ASI newsletter is out now. Please click the picture to view the newsletter PDF.
Apr 10, 2016Australia's largest shellfish hatchery re-starts oyster supply three months after arrival of POMS Australia's largest shellfish hatchery is starting to re-supply the Tasmanian oyster industry with spat, three months after the arrival...
Apr 4, 2016Government bailout for Tasmanian oyster farmers struggling after POMS outbreakTasmanian oyster growers devastated by the outbreak of Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS) will have access to a $7.6 million recov...
Mar 27, 2016Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull enjoys an unusual breakfast of oysters in HobartPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop both had an unusual breakfast while visiting Hobart this morning. "It w...
Mar 9, 2016POMS OutbreakMATT CUNNINGHAM: ...our funding model isn't probably going to deliver what we need to be able to do the job and how do we supplement tha...
Feb 27, 2016Industry riding on super oysterABOUT 30,000 oysters bred to be genetically resistant to a devastating disease have been released into Tasmanian waters for the first t...
Feb 17, 2016POMS - resistant oysters provide a future for the Australian industry, say marine researchersSignificant resistance to the deadly virus has been shown in oysters developed by Australian Seafood Industries (ASI), after their expos...
