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2017-03-01

Trace tech combats fraud

New initiatives are targeting mislabelling, fraud and quality control throughout the supply chain Illustration: Sonia Kretschmer By Annabel Boyer Many Australian seafood producers target high-value markets, achieving premium prices by trading internationally on Australia’s reputation as a...
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2017-03-01

Search for kelp survival factors

Tasmanian researchers are at the forefront of research into kelp ecology to better understand the resilience of this pivotal marine organism Kelp forests have been disappearing from Tasmania’s shorelines, but globally they are demonstrating resilience and the ability to re-establish...
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2017-03-01

'Fish hotels' help river residents to reconnect

Efforts to re-establish river snags are bringing residents of both the waterway and the local community back to the reaches of the lower Darling Illustration: Sharon Kirby By Catherine Norwood For more than two years, members of the Barkindji Maraura Elders Environment Team (BMEET) have...
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2017-03-01

FISH Vol 25 1

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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2017-01-01

The internet of oysters

Machine intelligence underlies a new, more efficient and profitable way to manage oyster harvests Oyster growers in NSW and Tasmania will benefit from The Yield’s environmental sensors, which state governments are using to assess water quality. Photo: Melissa Marino By Gio Braidotti There...
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2016-12-01

In brief

FRDC leads National Carp Control Plan National Carp Control Plan leader Matt Barwick. The FRDC will lead the newly announced $15 million National Carp Control Plan, which will evaluate the benefit of biological control of carp through the use of a carp virus (Cyprinid herpesvirus). Minister...
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2016-12-01

Aquaculture on a rising tide

With planning approvals finalised, and crucial research underway, Australia appears to be poised for a surge in aquaculture production In 2008 it seemed optimistic, but not unreasonable, that Australia would be producing 100,000 tonnes of fish and seafood from aquaculture by 2015. At the...
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2016-12-01

Murray River fish ready to join the party

Widely recognised as an icon of Australia’s inland waterways, Murray Cod is emerging as a species with significant commercial potential. Between 2009-10 and 2014-15 Murray Cod farmgate production value increased on average 29 per cent a year, to more than $3.6 million, with several new entrants...
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2016-12-01

Take five: for the future

Reflecting on his 40 years in the Australian aquaculture sector, Pheroze Jungalwalla highlights the top five issues he believes need to be addressed to ensure continuing success Outgoing chair of the National Aquaculture Council, Pheroze Jungalwalla. By Catherine Norwood Australia is a...
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2016-12-01

Black Tigers an industry in the making

Project Sea Dragon is a $US1.45 billion Black Tiger Prawn venture from the Seafarms Group, based at several sites across northern Australia with the grow-out facilities to be on Legune Station in the Northern Territory. With an export-oriented production target of 100,000 tonnes, it has been...
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