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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: • d evelopment of new technologies, species and sites for aquaculture; • e nhancing the competitive advantage of existing aquaculture industries; and • inimising the risks that new and existing m aquaculturalists may experience. The Aquaculture Science Program focuses its research through five interacting subprograms: • Algal Production • Aquatic Animal Health and Welfare • Genetics, Reproduction and Biotechnology • Nutrition and Feed Technology • 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: • Climate and Catchment Ecology • Fish Ecology • Invasive Species • 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 Simon Goldsworthy 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 • 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. • 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: • Oceanography • Aquaculture Environment • Benthic Ecology • Environmental Assessment, Mitigation and Rehabilitation • Marine Pests • • T hreatened, Endangered and Protected Species. A facility at Mt Gambier supports research on the rock lobster and abalone industries. • F ield activities are facilitated by the 25 m RV Ngerin and a fleet of smaller vessels. • A nalytical and growout facilities for micro and macro algal production are located at SAASC. • 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. • 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 • Finfish Fisheries • Inshore Crustacean Fisheries • Molluscan Fisheries PO Box 120 • Offshore Crustacean Fisheries Henley Beach SA 5022 • Fisheries Modelling Fisheries T: (08) 8207 5482 Research Chief SARDI Aquatic Sciences F: (08) 8207 5406 [email protected]