Simulated workplace
Department
Hatchery and Nursery
Produces kingfish fingerlings in a land based recirculating aquaculture system, managing broodstock, egg incubation, live feed cultures of algae and rotifers, larval rearing, weaning and nursery grow out, with strict water quality, biosecurity and disease controls.
Responsibilities
What the team is accountable for
- Maintain broodstock and manage spawning
- Produce algal and rotifer live feed cultures
- Operate and monitor the recirculating system and its water treatment
- Rear larvae and juveniles to fingerling size
- Screen stock for disease before transfer to the sea farm
Performance measures
How we know it is working
14%
Larval survival
410,000
Fingerlings supplied this year
99.6%
System uptime
People
Who works here
DE
Dr Elena Vasquez
Hatchery Manager
Manages broodstock, live feeds and the recirculating system, and has led the hatchery since it opened in 2015.
Systems
Where the work is recorded
Farm Stock and Water Quality Log
Records daily water quality readings, feed, mortalities, observations, movements and health events for every sea cage and hatchery system.
WHS Incident and Hazard Register
The controlled record of injuries, near misses, hazards, spills and vessel and vehicle incidents across all sites and vessels, with investigation and corrective actions to closure.
Scenarios
Assessment tasks in this department
Documents