Pittwater: Oysters and Detection

pittwater: Pittwater leaseholder James Calvert said up to 2 per cent of his spat, or juvenile oysters, had been impacted, according to Australian Broadcasting Corporation. POMS is lethal only to Pacific oysters and kills them within hours of detection. ABC News Lucy Shannon Related Story The human toll behind a deadly oyster disease Related Story Fee relief for Tasmanian oyster growers as disease spreads Map Sorell 7172 The oyster disease Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome POMS has again been detected in southern Tasmania, an oyster farmer confirms. The disease was first discovered in Australia in 2010 after an outbreak in France in 2008. Mr Calvert told ABC Radio Country Hour program the return of POMS to Pittwater came as no surprise. Earlier this year the disease wiped out millions of juvenile oysters when it was detected in six Tasmanian commercial growing regions Lower Pittwater, Upper Pittwater, Pipe Clay Lagoon, Blackman Bay, Little Swanport and Dunalley Bay. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.