SBT Aquaculture Industry: Position
The ranching of Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) has been a major success story in the expansion of the Australian aquaculture industry, although it has not been without its challenges. Since 1990, the industry has steadily expanded to produce about 9000 tonnes of...
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Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association
The ranching of Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) has been a major success story in the expansion of the Australian aquaculture industry, although it has not been without its challenges. Since 1990, the industry has steadily expanded to produce about 9000 tonnes of gilled and gutted SBT annually with an...
Across the world a number of organisations have established themselves as arbiters of sustainable fisheries. The sustainability assessment methodology they use to do this is wide ranging. It can vary in quality with respect to regional variations, maintenance of the data in response to new...
In the last two years the SBT industry has experienced an increase in mortalities resulting in direct losses. In addition, SBT production has incurred changes in product quality associated with variable condition index and growth appears to have been compromised. It is estimated that the combined...
The Australian Society for Fish Biology (ASFB) has taken a lead role in encouraging national and international linkages between fisheries research and management. Through the generous support of FRDC, State and Territory fishery agencies and other sponsors, ASFB has hosted a national workshop...
There continues to be a need in Western Australia and Australia for the ongoing development of quantitative skills as new techniques and technologies are applied in fisheries science, stock assessment and, more generally, in the natural resource management field.
Murdoch University, in the...