A new oyster aquaculture industry is on the verge of large-scale commercialisation in South Australia Xiaoxu Li of SardI aquatic Sciences. Photo: SARDI By Gio Braidotti The sensitivity of cultured oysters to new and exotic disease outbreaks has revealed a critical weakness in the way...

Industry support for marketing initiatives is growing, building on early market research and the positive progress of initial industry campaigns The FRDC has a clearer understanding of what industry wants at the individual company, sector and national level following the completion of one of the...

Social media is providing opportunities to create stronger connections for fishers and scientists, but is not without its dangers By Catherine Norwood There are more active mobile phones in Australia than there are people – 1.33 per man, woman and child, according to the Australian...

An innovative school program allows Eyre Peninsula students to ‘dip their toes’ into the waters of the aquaculture industry Geoff Turner – one of Cowell’s original oyster farmers – checks a basket of oysters in the school’s lease. By Rebecca Jennings It is a Monday morning in Cowell, a...

Indigenous knowledge can provide new ways of understanding the value of Australian fisheries Matt Osborne at the Baniyala campground with a Golden Snapper during his Northern Territory regional visit. Photo: NT Fisheries By Catherine Norwood For Matt Osborne, a member of the Kaurna and...