Sector: Science, Technology and Innovation
Country location: Australia, Republic of Korea
Grantee: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)

Project Description

Fish-killing algal blooms threaten the expansion of both Korean and Australian finfish aquaculture industries, causing recurrent multimillion-dollar losses and endangering seafood security. The development of effective mitigation strategies is therefore imperative. In Korea, scientists have pioneered clay flocculation to reduce harmful algal cell concentrations, while Australian experiments have recently fine-tuned this to instead focus on clays that actively adsorb fish-killing toxins. A combination of both Korean and Australian approaches, underpinned with detailed knowledge of factors influencing toxin production, will produce an effective mitigation strategy to combat global algal blooms.

Key dates:

Presentation of initial results in institute internal seminar series, Hobart, Australia, 11 November 2016

Presentation of initial results to an international audience at the 17th International Conference on Harmful Algae in Florianópolis, Brazil. Expected audience: 300+, Florianópolis, Brazil, 09 October 2016 to 09 October 2016

Preparation and publication of results, International, 01 January 2017 to 01 January 2017

Social media: 1. https://www.facebook.com/InstituteforMarineandAntarcticStudies 2. http://www.imas.utas.edu.au/ 3. @IMASUTAS

Australia-Korea Foundation grant offer: $20,000.00

Total project value: $20,000.00