About 70 per cent of SA's oyster breeding lines have been lost along with large numbers of fish at an SA research facility, leaving growers 'desperately scrambling' to salvage their program.
Around 70 per cent of the state's breeding line of oyster spat was lost, but an oyster grower says it should not directly impact supply.An investigation is underway, but South Australia's oyster growers may look to develop breeding lines in Tasmania.Share article
Large amounts of oyster spat, as well as fish including barramundi and snapper, have died of unknown causes at the South Australian Research and Development Institute facility at West Beach. "This doesn't affect the oyster growers' supply of spat … they're produced by commercial hatcheries, so they'll still get their spat," said SA Oyster Growers Association deputy chairman Gary Zippel.
Mr Zippel said SA growers may return to using SARDI's labs if the issue is resolved, or they may look to develop breeding lines in Tasmania.Growers say they will still have access to oyster spat.RecFish SA deputy chair Barry Brown said the loss of snapper, in particular, was a blow for recreational fishers, given a three-year snapper fishing ban across most of the state is due to end in November 2025.
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