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Barnes Wild Bluff Oysters staff in Invercargill are being kept busy as the oyster season is in full swing. The discovery of the oyster parasite Bonamia ostreae in the Foveaux Strait has not impacted commercial operations.
Genome sequencing shows the strain of Bonamia ostreae found in wild Foveaux Strait oysters in March is closely related to those previously found in Marlborough and Big Glory Bay. The parasite was first detected in New Zealand waters in the Marlborough Sounds in 2015, before being detected in Big Glory Bay on Stewart Island in 2017 where thousands of farmed oysters were pulled out to protect the wild fishery in the strait.
Tests show oyster parasite infection not widespread
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Rāhui to protect Bluff oysters after bonamia ostreae parasite found
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