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SARDI Aquatic Sciences
Aquaculture
Introduction
SARDI Aquatic Sciences helps deliver the
sustainable growth of South Australian
aquaculture industries and protects our
fisheries’ resources and their environments
through innovative science.
SARDI Aquatic Sciences’ core skills include
aquaculture nutrition, genetics and propagation,
micro-algal production, marine and freshwater
ecological research, environmental assessment,
oceanography, aquatic biosecurity and health,
and fisheries biology, assessment and modelling.
Staff are located at the South Australian Aquatic
Sciences Centre (SAASC) at West Beach, the
Lincoln Marine Science Centre at Port Lincoln,
and at SARDI’s Mt Gambier research facility.
Major science programs are Aquaculture,
Inland Waters and Catchment Ecology,
Marine Ecosystems and Fisheries. Needs and
opportunities for seafood value-adding, safety
and market access are actively pursued through
SARDI’s Food Safety and Innovation Science
Program, based at the Waite Campus, Urrbrae.
The Aquaculture Science Program provides
scientific and technical advice across
government, industry and the community on the
sustainable development and management of
aquaculture in brackish, freshwater and marine
environments. Nutrition and feed technology
facilities exist for aquatic research, including an
analytical nutrition laboratory, and indoor and
outdoor aquaria and tank facilities.
The primary objectives of the program are:
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d evelopment of new technologies, species and
sites for aquaculture;
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e nhancing the competitive advantage of
existing aquaculture industries; and
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inimising the risks that new and existing
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aquaculturalists may experience.
The Aquaculture Science Program focuses its
research through five interacting subprograms:
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Algal Production
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Aquatic Animal Health and Welfare
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Genetics, Reproduction and Biotechnology
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Nutrition and Feed Technology
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Propagation and Systems
Inland Waters and Catchment Ecology
Product Quality and Value-adding
The Inland Waters and Catchment Ecology
Science Program undertakes research and
provides scientific and technical advice across
government, industry and the community on
key issues in the conservation and sustainable
management of freshwater dependent systems,
including native fish resources and habitats.
These include developing our understanding
of ecosystem processes, ecology and population
dynamics of the freshwater and estuarine
fishes, molluscs and crustaceans and their
environment, and ecology of freshwater
and riparian vegetation.
Opportunities for product integrity and valueadding are rapidly expanding across the seafood
industry. SARDI’s Food Safety and Innovation
Science Program carries out research on issues
associated with husbandry, harvest and
post-harvest handling, product development,
seafood safety and value-adding opportunities
for the commercial range of aquatic species.
Work is conducted in four subprograms:
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Climate and Catchment Ecology
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Fish Ecology
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Invasive Species
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Plant Ecology.
Marine Ecosystems
The Marine Ecosystems Science Program
undertakes a wide range of research activities
including: oceanography; marine observing
systems; hydrodynamic and biochemical
modeling; habitat mapping; environmental
impact assessment; effects of trawling; seagrass
ecology; ecophysiology and rehabilitation; reef
health assessments; ecology and management
of human impacts on species including marine
mammals, seabirds and sharks; performance
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assessment of marine parks; ecological modelling
and marine pests. The program provides advice
to government on the management of a range of
marine environmental issues, particularly marine
pests and threatened, endangered and protected
species. It conducts commercial environmental
impact statement work for a variety of clients.
Research Infrastructure
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T he South Australian Aquatic Sciences
Centre (SAASC) is a purpose-built marine and
freshwater research complex located at West
Beach, near Adelaide. With more than 140
research, technical, administrative staff and
ostgraduate positions, it is one of the most
comprehensive research facilities
of its kind in Australia.
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T he Lincoln Marine Science Centre at Port
Lincoln on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula,
provides facilities for SARDI to focus primarily
on research associated with the fishing and
aquaculture industries.
Its subprograms are:
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Oceanography
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Aquaculture Environment
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Benthic Ecology
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Environmental Assessment,
Mitigation and Rehabilitation
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Marine Pests
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T hreatened, Endangered and
Protected Species.
A facility at Mt Gambier supports research on
the rock lobster and abalone industries.
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F ield activities are facilitated by the 25 m RV
Ngerin and a fleet of smaller vessels.
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A nalytical and growout facilities
for micro and macro algal
production are located at SAASC.
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T he Southern Australian Integrated
Marine Observing System (SAIMOS), a
collaboration between SARDI and Flinders
University, comprises an observing system of
shelf moorings, ship based surveys, ocean
gliders, autonomous underwater vehicles and
HF radar, to collect data on ocean circulation
systems and the ecosystems that underpin
our valuable fisheries, and potential climate
change impacts on our oceans and fisheries.
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T he South Australian Aquatic Biosecurity
Centre co-located with the University of
Adelaide at its Roseworthy Campus, provides
researchers with highly
secure conditions for the study of aquatic
pathogens and pests that threaten our marine
ecosystems and fisheries.
Fisheries
The Fisheries Science Program undertakes
research and development activities on
the fisheries and habitats of the South Australian
continental shelf and gulfs for the Government
on behalf of all stakeholders in those
fisheries – principally abalone, rock lobster,
marine scale and pelagic fishes.
The Fisheries Science Program undertakes stock
assessments and carries out biological and
ecological research to assist managers dealing
with sustainable exploitation and equitable
allocation of these fisheries’ resources.
The Fisheries Science Program also undertakes
externally funded contract research directly for
industry and other funding bodies, such as the
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
(FRDC), Department of Environment, Water
and Natural Resources (DEWNR), and fisheries
management agencies in other jurisdictions.
Its subprograms are:
A number of SARDI research services and
facilities are available to external researchers
and industry on a fee for service basis.
Contact:
Prof Gavin Begg
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Finfish Fisheries
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Inshore Crustacean Fisheries
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Molluscan Fisheries
PO Box 120
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Offshore Crustacean Fisheries
Henley Beach SA 5022
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Fisheries Modelling Fisheries
T: (08) 8207 5482
Research Chief
SARDI Aquatic Sciences
F: (08) 8207 5406
[email protected]