Technical staff

• Judith Fernandez, PhD Candidate, University of Tasmania
• Mark Tamplin, Professor, University of Tasmania
• Tom Ross, Associate Professor, University of Tasmania
• Sheila Peddell, Technical Officer, University of Tasmania
• Bianca Porteus, Technical Officer, University of Tasmania
• Michelle Williams, Technical Officer, University of Tasmania
• Nthabiseng Beta Tito, Student Assistant, University of Tasmania
• Anchana Ganesan, Technical Officer, University of Tasmania
• Risk Sciences International

Project co-investigators

• Tom Madigan, Research Scientist, South Australia Research & Development Institute
• Wayne O’Connor, Principal Research Scientist, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
• Tony Troup, Director, Aquaculture Research Advisory Committee and Select Oyster Company Pty Ltd (SOCo)
• Judd Evans, Chair, South Australian Oyster Research Council
• Hayden Dyke, Director, Tasmania Oyster Research Council

Project collaborators

• Ray Brown, Manager Tasmania Shellfish Quality Assurance Program
• Anthony Zammit, NSW Food Authority, Manager NSW Shellfish Quality Assurance Program
• Lisa Szabo, Chief Scientist, NSW Food Authority
• Clinton Wilkinson and Ken Lee, Manager South Australia Shellfish Quality Assurance Program
• Australian Seafood CRC Oyster Consortium
• Rachel King, Executive Officer, Australian Seafood CRC Oyster Consortium
• Cassandra and Ian Melrose, Melshell Oysters
• Brian Leahy, Marine Culture
• Jon Poke, Bolduans Oysters
• James Calvert, Tas Prime Oysters

The project also acknowledges generous supplemental funding from the NSW Food Authority for studies to measure viability of V. parahaemolyticus in Sydney rock oysters.