Dr Ben Diggles Email and Phone Number

Providing comprehensive aquatic animal health, welfare and environmental services to Australasia. Our specialties include disease diagnosis, biosecurity risk assessment, aquatic animal welfare, field surveys for fish health and disease, and environmental monitoring. See www.digsfish.com for more details. We also administer www.ikijime.com, a worlds first fish welfare resource providing anglers with information on humane killing of finfish, and www.neatfish.com, the worlds first environmental standard for fishing tournaments.

Providing fish identification and biological information services for fishes from the Indo-Pacific region

Providing fish identification and biological information services for fishes from Australia

I helped run and operate the fish health laboratory in Wellington, NZ, where we provided environmental R&D and aquatic animal health diagnostic services to fisheries and aquaculture industries throughout Australasia

Recreational Fisheries, Primary Industries South Australia, Fisheries Department, Adelaide, South Australia. http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/sector7.shtmlI was responsible for the preparation and formulation of fisheries resource management policies and options for ecologically sustainable development of recreational fishing opportunities in South Australia.

http://www.uq.edu.au/departments/index.phtml?menu=2&ID=87Studies of the biology, ecology, taxonomy and control of Cryptocaryon irritans (Ciliata), the cause of whitespot disease in cultured marine fishes. I was responsible for production of a PhD dissertation on the biology and control of C. irritans, an important pathogen of marine fish. The project required extensive fieldwork utilising linefishing, anaesthetics, cast nets, drag nets, and inshore trawlers for collecting various species of fish and shellfish from sites in impoundments, enclosed ponds, estuarine, coastal bar and coral reef environments in Queensland. Laboratory skills required included molecular biology (sequencing, PCR), electron microscopy (SEM, TEM), microscopy, and parasitological dissection. Awarded Doctor of Philosophy 25/2/97.

http://www.uq.edu.au/departments/index.phtml?menu=2&ID=87 Studies of the development and chemotherapy of Polylabroides multispinosus (Monogenea), a gill parasite of cultured Yellowfin Bream, Acanthopagrus australis. I was responsible for production of an Honours dissertation on the development and chemotherapy of P. multispinosus, an monogenean parasite of bream. The project required fieldwork and collaboration with the Port of Brisbane Authority and Seaworld on the Gold Coast, where sea cage experiments were carried out. Laboratory skills required included microscopy and parasitological dissection. First class honours awarded 18/12/92.