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Mar 2, 2022
Australia'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...
Mar 2, 2022
Government bailout for Tasmanian oyster farmers struggling after POMS outbreak
Tasmanian oyster growers devastated by the outbreak of Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS) will have access to a $7.6 million...
Mar 2, 2022
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull enjoys an unusual breakfast of oysters in Hobart
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop both had an unusual breakfast while visiting Hobart this morning. "It...
Mar 2, 2022
POMS Outbreak
MATT 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...
Mar 2, 2022
Industry riding on super oyster
ABOUT 30,000 oysters bred to be genetically resistant to a devastating disease have been released into Tasmanian waters for the first...
Mar 2, 2022
POMS - resistant oysters provide a future for the Australian industry, say marine researchers
Significant resistance to the deadly virus has been shown in oysters developed by Australian Seafood Industries (ASI), after their...
Mar 2, 2022
Oysters being bred to resist devastating Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome
Australia's oyster growers are being told to expect oysters bred to withstand a deadly virus by 2018. POMS, or Pacific Oyster Mortality ...
Mar 2, 2022
New broodstock catalogue out 2015
Please find our new catalogue for our 2013 stock here.
Mar 2, 2022
A new board; a new era for ASI
As part of the POMS breeding levy ASI committed to strengthening governance by appointment of a skills based board. A competitive process...
Mar 2, 2022
2014 breeding season successfully concluded
The 2014 breeding season has successfully concluded. The focus for this season's breeding run was in line with the ASI Industry Reference...
Mar 2, 2022
New levy to help fight Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will allow Australian Seafood Industries (ASI) to collect a levy, in...
Mar 2, 2022
ACCC expands on oyster spat levy proposal
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued a draft determination proposing to allow Australian Seafood...
Mar 2, 2022
Pacific oyster farmers to pay levy for research into devestating POMS virus
Producers of Pacific Oysters will pay a levy to research fighting a virus which is leaving whole farms decimated.The Pacific Oyster ...
Mar 2, 2022
Seafood company breeds a solution to devastating pacific oyster disease
AUSTRALIAN Seafood Industries (ASI), owned by South Australian and Tasmania peak oyster organisations, is developing a solution to the...
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