A world class, independent fish ageing laboratory
Providing ageing services for routine stock assessments, analysis of otolith
shape for stock discrimination, inter-laboratory comparisons and examination for
flourochromes (OTC etc) including strontium marks. Of course we can also help with
ageing small batches of samples.
Location
We are situated in Portarlington. A seaside fishing town in Victoria,
Australia.
Although we are located in Portarlington, the world is a global village. Send us
your samples, and recieve your results.
Why set up an ageing component for your project when we can deliver your results
at a cost effective price?
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Customer Services
The FAS model is to provide years of our experience to your ageing projects at a low
cost.
We can provide all data and reports in practically any format you like.
These include Word, PDF,Excel, CSV, Acess or SQL. The choice is yours.
We are not limited to any formats, if it's not listed we can probably provide
it.
The choice is yours.
Our process
We use state-of-the-art equipment at FAS.
The microscopes and dissecting microscopes used in the FAS are all Leica.
The Software is custom written in Visual Studio. All the methods we use have been developed
after years of experience in the field of fish ageing.
We can bring these experience to your projects
Our goal
Our goal is to provide world-class ageing services that are efficient and cost
effective.
Our services are provided on a fee-for-service basis. We cater for small
and large contracts.
Our experience is wide ranging, from sub-temperate to tropical species.
We have examined over 250 species from all over the world; from freshwater,
esturine and marine environments.