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2013-06-01

United for the love of prawns

In the face of competition from imports, the Australian prawn industry – both fishers and farmers – is coming together to support a national marketing campaign By Helen Jenkins Photo: iStockPhoto.com In the not-too-distant past, Australian prawn fishers and farmers were seen as fierce...
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Global focus reveals shellfish opportunites

Nuffield scholar Ian Duthie finds that the collective international intelligence of the shellfish industry will be needed to help overcome the production challenges of the future Greenshell Mussels, produced at Mariborough Sounds, New Zealand. A hatchery cultivation of spat is being considered....
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Translocation lifts productivity

A tray of Southern Rocklobsters collected off Tasmania’s south-west coast are lifted from the well of the boat just prior to their translocation to their new reef home in shallower waters. Photo: Randall Harper By Catherine Norwood Over the past two fishing seasons, 160,000 Southern...
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Age barrier breakthrough

Freediver surfacing with hand-collected Eastern Rocklobster off the coast of Coffs Harbour, NSW. Young NSW researcher Jesse Leland (on board the vessel) has turned his attention inwards to solve the problem of determining a crustacean’s age. Photo: Austin May By Catherine Norwood...
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People investment adds strength to industry

By Catherine Norwood Leadership, innovation and industry professionalism are key themes for the continuation of the FRDC’s people development program. Following the success of the program’s first five years, a two-year extension until 2015 has been approved, with more than $500,000 of funding...
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Cockles a silver lining to heatwave wipeout

By Catherine Norwood Cockles harvested from virgin territory in Western Australia. Photo: John Craike When the Roe’s Abalone populations in Western Australia’s north were all but wiped out in the 2011 marine heatwave, John Craike was forced to find an alternative to the species that has...
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More worms make for healthy lobster larvae

Aboard the research vessel Southern Surveyor (from left) Nik Sachlikidis, Anya Waite and Joshua Dornan feed phyllosoma ‘fake prey’. Photos: Megan Saunders By Rose Yeoman On a dark, new moon night in July 2010 when the sea was “glassy calm”, hundreds of phyllosoma – the larval phase of...
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Monitoring under scrutiny in wake of algal outbreak

By Catherine Norwood More than 200 leading international shellfish safety specialists gathered in Sydney for the 9th International Conference on Molluscan Shellfish Safety in March this year to discuss the latest industry research, management and policy issues. Co-chair of the conference...
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Find your fish online

Daniel Gledhill examines slides archived in CSIRO"s Australian National Fish Collection, which have been used developing FishMap. Photo: Carlie Devine, CSIRO By Catherine Norwood Australia’s marine diversity is among the richest in the world, but that richness creates challenges for...
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Reconnect to revitalise fisheries

The inland nurseries of many sought-after Australian marine fish have been losing out in the battle for competing land uses, but a new study finds a cooperative approach can help redress the balance Healthy mangroves on the Crookhaven River, near Nowra, NSW, provide an essential nursery for...
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