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FISH Magazine

FISH is the official newsletter of the Fisheries Research & Development Corporation. It is published quarterly in March, June, September and December. The hard copy version is distributed widely throughout the industry via direct mail. To obtain a hard copy of "FISH", please fill in your details on our Subscription Page. Information may be reproduced freely as long as it is not for commercial benefit and FRDC's FISH © is acknowledged as the source. Otherwise, reproduction is forbidden without written prior permission of FRDC. FRDC is always happy to receive feedback and story suggestions. Please send these to Julie Haldane, Assistant Editor.

 

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For prior editions and stories from FISH and R&D News (previous name) visit the publications database.

 

  December 2009, Volume 17 Number 4
  • Asian fish markets spur advances
  • Yachtsman changes tack to navigate fisheries’ challenges
  • Climate change suspected in alarming lobster slump
  • Biology help some scallop farms boom
  • Smart designs win–win for fishers & fish
  • New net may mend fisher conflict
 

September 2009, Volume 17 Number 3

  • Cyclone forces fishery
  • Farmed lobster a delicate task
  • Lessons learnt from abalone virus
  • Barramundi divervisty check

June 2009, Volume 17 Number 2
  • Extreme weather challenges test fisheries infrastructure.
  • History making spawn heralds farming genesis.
  • Lachlan Trial for Carp removal.
  • Balanced diet important for growing larvae. 

March 2009, Volume 17 Number 1
  • Lester Marshall is on a mission to ensure we are not lost for words when it comes to seafood
  • Industry legend Frank Newman sees hope in AFMA's co-management trial
  • Researchers are investigating how to reduce mushiness in Blue Swimmer Crab meat
  • Artificial reefs are scheduled for deployment in NSW coastal waters

December 2008, Volume 16 Number 4
  • Examining fishing-related deaths and injuries to help improve safety messages
  • Wild green bananas ripe for Christmas - prawns, that is
  • SFM's move to market undervalued species is helping address industry challenges
  • Peter Montague reflects on his R&D experiences and time at the helm of the Aquafin CRC

September 2008, Volume 16 Number 3
  • The intensive challenges of a Top End Barramundi farming operation
  • A co-management trial is showing new arrangements between AFMA and industry could work
  • A quest for 'sensational' crabs empowers industry, via a Tactical Research Fund grant
  • Industry codes that 'unpack' state and territory OH&S laws to be released soon

June 2008, Volume 16 Number 2
  • An industry survey identifies potential opportunities in the ornamental fish sector.
  • 'Going it alone' 58 years ago, their co-op is now the world's biggest rocklobster exporter
  • What will it take to double Australian aquaculture production by 2015?
  • Safety standards and protocols mean this chamber is hardly used by Broome's pearl divers

March 2008, Volume 16 Number 1
  • Ensuring the sustainable harvest of black jewfish in the Northern Territory
  • The rec fishing industry is working to ensure its policy decisions are based on sound science
  • The desire to protect sea snakes is catching on in prawn trawl fisheries
  • Meet the FRDC's new chairman, Peter Neville

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