Next month, traps will be lowered into the waters of the Hauraki Gulf in a renewed bid to find out more about the prevalence and impact of the toxin that is threatening seafood safety, writes the Cawthron Research Institute.
A relatively new virus is causing havoc in the international oyster industry. Charlotte Johnston, TheFishSite editor speaks with David Jarrad from the Shellfish Association of Great Britain about the fatal oyster herpes virus.
Perkinsus organisms are a group of protistan (single-celled) parasites that can infect shellfish, especially bivalve molluscs, in various parts of the world, reports Denie Petty from the University of Florida IFAS Extension.
