Dr Burke Hill's scylla collection

ACIAR is making Dr Burke Hill's collection of material relating to Scylla available online.

A summary of Dr Hill's work and its importance is here.

The collection was given to Dr Meryl Williams (Chair of the ACIAR Commission) on Dr Hill's death in 2006. Dr Williams has catalogued the collection and, with additional input from Dr Steve Blaber, the catalogue will form the basis of the collection

This collection is being published online to allow others to benefit from Dr Hill's work in this area. For more information on the contents of the collection see the Scylla collection catalogue.

Below you will also find links to ACIAR projects and publications relating to mud crabs.

Related Projects

FIS/1992/017
Development of improved mud crab culture systems in the Philippines and Australia

FIS/2000/065
Assessing the potential for low cost formulated diets for mud crab aquaculture in Australia, Indonesia and Vietnam

FIS/1999/076
Development of Leading Centres for mud crab culture in Indonesia and Vietnam

Related Publications

Genetic and morphological relationships of mud crabs, genus Scylla, from throughout the Indo-Pacific
Final report for FIS/1992/017.

Mud Crab Aquaculture and Biology
Until recently, mud crabs have only been reared from stock captured from the natural environment, in those countries where they are being farmed

Mud Crab Aquaculture in Australia and Southeast Asia
Mud crab aquaculture has been practised for many years in Southeast Asia, based primarily on capture and fattening of juvenile crabs from the wild

Impacts of Mud Crab Hatchery Technology in Vietnam
This report describes a benefit-cost analysis carried out to quantify the economic impacts in Vietnam from adoption of the mud crab hatchery technology developed by two ACIAR-funded projects.

News, Media and Events

Research that works for developing countries and Australia

Dr Burke Hill's scylla collection