The main reason for conducting this research was to investigate the possibility of producing feed for aquaculture enterprises in remote areas using locally available raw materials. In this case the major potential raw material was the waste from a local catfish wild capture fishery on Lake Argyle in...

The Australian Rural Leadership Foundation (ARLF) has, since 1992, developed and delivered leadership programs that make a difference to individuals, organisations and communities that have a commitment to rural, regional and remote Australia. Since 1992, the Fisheries Research & Development...

The intent of this WAFIC grant project was to undertake trials and develop methodologies that would provide the abilities to transport roei and greenlip abalone live from remote catch or fishing areas to the live export shipping point. The pr.imary project target was to demonstrate that abalone...

Commercial fishing is an economically important activity in the Torres Strait providing financial opportunities for the traditional inhabitants of the region. A key barrier to development of this fishery has been identified as the additional cost of reaching markets and the cost of doing business...

Reported here are the outcomes of a project with original objectives to assess (i) the ability of injected double-stranded (ds)RNA antivirals to reduce Gill-associated virus (GAV) infection loads in Black Tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon) broodstock and whether this can (ii) reduce GAV infection...