The Foveaux Strait oyster fishery was closed for three years in the 1990s to recover. The Bonamia exitiosa in Foveaux Strait is a separate species to Bonamia ostreae which was found in oyster ...

There had been attempts in New Zealand to farm flat oysters, with little commercial success, as the endemic parasite Bonamia exitiosa, a close relative of Bonamia ostreae, periodically took hold ...