Rock Lobster Post Harvest Subprogram: optimising water quality in rock lobster post-harvest processes

Funded Activity Summary

There are concerns that poor water quality may be having an affect on the health of post-capture rock lobsters. This project addresses this in three ways:

1. Determining the optimal level of ammonia in holding and transport systems. This will contribute to the understanding of optimal system design.

2. Understanding the mechanism of ammonia toxicity. This will enable industry to develop methods to counteract the harmful effects.

3. Providing information to the rock lobster industry in the appropriate form to ensure uptake of the results of research on optimising water quality, specifically in the area of oxygen and ammonia.

Objectives:
1. Production of a manual on optimising the provision of oxygen during rock lobster post-harvest processes
2. Determine the median lethal concentration (LC-50) of ammonia to adult southern and western rock lobsters (stressed and unstressed).
3. Determine the physiological consequences of exposing lobsters to sub-lethal ammonia concentrations, and the consequences of further exposing lobsters to acute post-harvest stressors.
4. Production of a manual on ammonia problems during rock lobster post-harvest processes

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-12-2000

End Date: 09-05-2006

Funding Scheme: Funding Scheme not available

Funding Amount: $136,226.00

Funder: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation

Research Topics

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Other Keywords

Aquaculture | Biotechnology | Commercial Species | Fishing Gear | Fishing Technology | Harvest Strategy | Physiology | Post Harvest

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