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2016-06-01

China warehouse secures new route to market

Sustainability of Western Rock Lobsters bolsters confidence to expand marketing operations in China By Gio Braidotti More than 90 per cent of Australia’s rock lobsters are exported to China and as one of Australia’s leading suppliers, the Geraldton Fishermen’s Co-operative (GFC) has developed a...
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DATE:
2022-11-24

Couple's vision grows First Nations seaweed knowledge and business

As part of Australia’s emerging seaweed sector South Coast Seaweed is connecting Indigenous knowledge and culture with new business opportunities that will sustain marine life and local communities. By Catherine Norwood Sarah and James Thomas have a vision to foster...
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2022-06-20

Safer seismic surveys the goal for Bass Strait fisheries

A two-year FRDC-funded study is investigating different seismic survey methods that could protect fisheries while giving oil and gas explorers the data they need By Chris Clark Southern Rock Lobsters exposed to seismic blasts are collected for longer-term monitoring of the impacts....
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2020-03-01

Advancing aquaculture’s adaptability

A new technology offers a fast and cost-effective way to make the most of sought-after traits within a fish population’s natural diversity By Gio Braidotti Gene-editing technology and its ability to make subtle genetic changes has been hailed as a game changer for applications...
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2018-06-01

A force for change

Work for the Dole participants in NSW learn new skills as they help rehabilitate local waterways By Andrew Cooke Ten years ago, Matt Hansen and Mick O’Neill set out to raise money to put native fingerlings into their local Central West NSW river system. The Dubbo pair’s initial efforts...
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2018-03-01

The pioneers

Gloria Jones and her daughter Christine Jackson are at the forefront of environmental and industry advances, and paving the way for women in fishing Australia-wide to be heard By Melissa Marino Gloria Jones was 19 years old when she moved with her fourth-generation fisher husband, Henry,...
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2017-06-01

Native properties in river clean up campaign

A range of measures in concert with the eradication of carp from waterways could provide the key to the restoration of Australia’s inland fisheries By Bianca Nogrady They might be prized as a source of protein in some parts of the world, but in Australia carp remain defiantly among the...
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2014-09-01

Culinary young guns tour Tasmania

No exploration of Tasmania’s finest food offerings would be complete without seafood Capturing the moment. Seafood was the theme of the first day of the week-long culinary expedition around Tasmania held for the national finalists in the Electrolux Appetite for Excellence Young Chef and...
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2006-211
DATE START/END: 29 SEP 2006 - 28 JUL 2008

Rock Lobster Post Harvest Subprogram: examination of green sustainable process technology for preparing chitin and associated derivatives from rock lobster waste

The project is dealing with the extraction of chitin from lobster waste using environmentally friendly clean and green processes. Chitin constitutes the exoskeleton of crustaceans and our innovation presents an opportunity to commercialise the chitin extraction and refining in Western Australia....
ORGANISATION:
University of Western Australia (UWA)
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