At the Northern Prawn Fishery, skippers and their crews are taking steps to ensure that the sage return to port of all on board is an essential component of a "successful season" Trawler skipper Arron Jones says good communication helps everyone stay calm and alert and results in a safer and...

A Tweed region survey gathers Indigenous ideas on sharing and managing local fisheries By Bianca Nogrady Fingal Beach, Tweed region, NSW. As the world’s oldest continuous culture, Aboriginal Australians have not only maintained a connection to the land for tens of thousands of years, but...

Tariff cuts are making Australian seafood more attractive for consumers and importers in North Asia, with demand on the rise By Free Trade Agreement Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australia’s free trade agreements (FTAs) with China, Japan and South Korea are giving...

Interest is mounting in the economic and environmental potential of seaweed co-cultivation with other aquaculture operations, from finfish to oysters By Bianca Nogrady (Top) Kathryn Wiltshire collecting brown seaweed for use in the trials. (Bottom) Red seaweed (Solieria robusta) growing...

There is no shortage of passion and commitment to the industry among the winners of the 2015 National Seafood Industry Awards By Catherine Norwood The largest-ever seafood industry awards night provided a gala conclusion to the successful 2015 Seafood Direction conference in Perth, with...