FISH Magazine
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.
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Index:
For prior editions and stories from FISH and R&D News (previous name) visit the publications database.
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March 2011, Volume 19 Number 1
Articles include:
- Fishers find investors hard to lure
- Barramundi expansion turns to the gene pool
- Fish with a past
- Mystery oyster predator unmasked
- Research grades an automated approach
- New pot triggers octopus sustainability research
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December 2010, Volume 18 Number 4
Articles include:
- Abalone industry moves to secure its China presence
- Aussies just prawn-loving homebodies
- Scales of consumer justice
- Spotlight on companies` eco-label quest
- Trading places to build cooperation
- Nature`s fast food
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September 2010, Volume 18 Number 3
Articles include:
- Midnight in hell
- Spring Bay Seafoods in focus: Tasmania
- The $10,000 ‘flatty
- Throttle control for fuel savings
- For traditional rangers guardianship comes from the heart
- Aquaculture awash with research and development
- Europe, US regulate aquaculture as Australia watches
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June 2010, Volume 18 Number 2
Articles include:
- Scallop fishers on side as zones reap rewards
- Scientists say let data tell the story
- Out of the box thinking measures Longtail health
- Seafood Directions 2010
- ABARE Outlook conference
- Humble mud crab a climate change tracker
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March 2010, Volume 18 Number 1
Articles include:
- Science brings salvation for oyster farmer
- Mr Crosthwaite goes fishing
- Sustainable salmon leads aquaculture expansion
- Choose fish for smarter children
- Paper trail a potential marketing tool
- Comfort crucial for travelling oysters
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December 2009, Volume 17 Number 4
Articles include:
- Asian fish markets spur advances
- Yachtsman changes tack to navigate fisheries’ challenges
- Climate change suspected in alarming lobster slump
- Biology help some scallop farms boom
- Smart designs win–win for fishers & fish
- New net may mend fisher conflict
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September 2009, Volume 17 Number 3
Articles include:
- Cyclone forces fishery
- Farmed lobster a delicate task
- Lessons learnt from abalone virus
- Barramundi divervisty check
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June 2009, Volume 17 Number 2
Articles include:
- Extreme weather challenges test fisheries infrastructure.
- History making spawn heralds farming genesis.
- Lachlan Trial for Carp removal.
- Balanced diet important for growing larvae.
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March 2009, Volume 17 Number 1
Articles include:
- Lester Marshall is on a mission to ensure we are not lost for words when it comes to seafood
- Industry legend Frank Newman sees hope in AFMA's co-management trial
- Researchers are investigating how to reduce mushiness in Blue Swimmer Crab meat
- Artificial reefs are scheduled for deployment in NSW coastal waters
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December 2008, Volume 16 Number 4
Articles include:
- Examining fishing-related deaths and injuries to help improve safety messages
- Wild green bananas ripe for Christmas - prawns, that is
- SFM's move to market undervalued species is helping address industry challenges
- Peter Montague reflects on his R&D experiences and time at the helm of the Aquafin CRC
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September 2008, Volume 16 Number 3
Articles include:
- The intensive challenges of a Top End Barramundi farming operation
- A co-management trial is showing new arrangements between AFMA and industry could work
- A quest for 'sensational' crabs empowers industry, via a Tactical Research Fund grant
- Industry codes that 'unpack' state and territory OH&S laws to be released soon
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June 2008, Volume 16 Number 2
Articles include:
- An industry survey identifies potential opportunities in the ornamental fish sector.
- 'Going it alone' 58 years ago, their co-op is now the world's biggest rocklobster exporter
- What will it take to double Australian aquaculture production by 2015?
- Safety standards and protocols mean this chamber is hardly used by Broome's pearl divers
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March 2008, Volume 16 Number 1
Articles include:
- Ensuring the sustainable harvest of black jewfish in the Northern Territory
- The rec fishing industry is working to ensure its policy decisions are based on sound science
- The desire to protect sea snakes is catching on in prawn trawl fisheries
- Meet the FRDC's new chairman, Peter Neville
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