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2013-06-01

Six challenges for our marine nation

Marine Nation 2025 calls for more investment in ocean research infrastructure. Photo: Eric Matson By Bianca Nogrady Our national anthem sings the praises of our ‘golden soil’ but perhaps a more significant phrase is ‘girt by sea’. Australia’s oceans contribute about $44 billion each...
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2013-06-01

Light shed on rocklobster catches

A new range of environmental factors is to be added to the calculations used to set the commercial annual catch from Australia’s Southern Rocklobster fishery Rocklobsters take cover during stormy weather and are harder catch. Photo: SARDI By Karin Derkley New research has verified the...
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2013-06-01

New climate indicators for lobster recruitment

By Rose Yeoman In the past seven years, scientists monitoring the Western Rocklobster (Panulirus cygnus) fishery off the coast of Western Australia have recorded low levels of the lobster’s late-larval-stage juveniles, called puerulus. Puerulus numbers are highly predictive of the recruitment...
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2013-06-01

Nutrition data to boost consumer confidence

To help consumers better understand the health benefits of seafood, some of Australia’s most popular species have undergone nutritional evaluation Super Seafood is the Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre’s new guide that details the nutritional analysis of our 20 most popular seafood...
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2013-06-01

Scholarship reveals clam potential

By Catherine Norwood Aquarium aquaculture in the Torres Straits Islands could be trialled this year in the wake of an Indigenous Development Scholarship research project jointly funded through the FRDC and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF). Frank Loban received the...
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2013-06-01

FISH Vol 21 2

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...
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2013-03-01

Reviews assess policy strengths and gaps

A review of fisheries management policies has identified opportunities for improvement to maximise the benefits and sustainability of our marine resources Photo: iStockphoto.com By Catherine Norwood While Australia’s Commonwealth fisheries management policies are widely regarded as...
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2013-03-01

Seafood Services Australia signs off

The organisation that has spearheaded efforts to provide a common, national naming system for Australia’s diverse seafood has closed its doors. Seafood Services Australia (SSA), which operated the Fish Names website, announced on 22 July that it would cease trading. Established in...
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2013-03-01

The early life of the West Australian Dhufish

By Bianca Nogrady For a fish as prevalent and important as the West Australian Dhufish, its offspring have remained under the research radar for a remarkably long time. Endemic to Western Australia, the Dhufish (Glaucosoma hebraicum) is a favourite of recreational and commercial fishers....
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2013-03-01

Scholar seeks strategies to keep whales at bay

Rhy Arangio By Catherine Norwood Depredation of catches in longline fisheries is an increasing problem worldwide: whales and seals can steal up to 75 per cent of the catch from hooks as the lines are being hauled aboard. While it is still a relatively rare phenomenon in Australia’s...
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