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High‐Throughput Sequencing in Aquaculture Disease Investigations: Challenges and Opportunities for ImplementationNARA Subscribed
The current generation of sequencing technologies can produce terabases of data with exceptional accuracy and speed, at a fraction of the cost of older methods. Despite this unprecedented power, adoption into aquaculture health management presents several challenges, including identifying where such capability may be optimally deployed. Here we synthesise discussions from a structured expert workshop held at the 2025 Aotearoa...
Ecology of community reassembly: Movements and diets of megafauna during a decade of restoration in MozambiqueNARA Subscribed
The last decade has brought a worldwide surge of interest in rewilding—the repopulation of large herbivores and carnivores—as a strategy for conserving species and reviving ecosystem functions. Rewilding initiatives, if closely monitored, can provide unique insights into the ecology of the world's largest animals at otherwise impossible spatial and temporal scales. Capitalizing on these opportunities, and developing a knowledg...
The influence of aquaculture translocations and escapees on the genetics of wild stocks of Lates calcarifer in Taiwan and Sri LankaNARA Subscribed
Advances in aquaculture have significantly enhanced food production and contributed to global food security. However, the selective pressures for aquaculture are strong and divergent compared to those occurring in natural systems, and displacement of standing genetic backgrounds by aquaculture backgrounds is a conservation concern across various species. The Asian sea bass or barramundi ( Lates calcarifer ) is a widely propaga...
The Toxicology Investigators Consortium 2024 Annual ReportNARA Subscribed
Contaminants can harm wildlife. However, measuring wildlife exposure to contaminants can be challenging due to accessibility of species and/or sampling tissue matrices needed to assess wildlife health risks. For example, in bats and other taxa that use roosts, collecting feces under colonies minimizes disturbance to species of conservation concern, but fecal contaminant concentrations may not directly correlate with tissue con...
Capture Probability of Blue Swimmer Crab ( Portunus armatus ) in Baited Traps and Implications for Trap Survey DesignNARA Subscribed
Fishery independent surveys provide valuable data for fisheries assessments that predominantly rely on trends in catch per unit effort (CPUE). Many crustacean fisheries are harvested using traps, so this gear is often used for fishery independent surveys. The areal sampling unit for baited traps is normally poorly understood, so surveys can be biased if sampling areas overlap. The blue swimmer crab ( Portunus armatus ) is an i...
The Toxicology Investigators Consortium 2023 Annual ReportNARA Subscribed
The Toxicology Investigators Consortium 2022 Annual ReportNARA Subscribed
Stocking of marine fish into coastal systems to augment natural recruitment is a growing practice adopted by fisheries managers around the world. Releasing fish directly into well‐resourced nursery grounds greatly increases survival and retention of stocked individuals but requires an understanding of juvenile habitat requirements. In eastern Australia, the dusky flathead ( Platycephalus fuscus ) is a highly regarded recreatio...