Australia and New Zealand’s abalone industries have distinct cultural and operational differences, but a shared need for better information is bringing closer collaboration Abalone diver, Tasmania. Photo: Stuart Gibson By Catherine Norwood Divers, data loggers and the divergent...

Award for recovered waste Peter Jecks with freshly caught Blue Swimmer Crabs at his factory in Carnarvon, Western Australia. Photo: Melissa Marino Janet Howieson, from Curtin University, has won the Health Sciences Prize in the Curtin Commercial Innovation Awards 2014 for her work to...

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Gene technology offers new hope for carp-free rivers after many years of trials Photo: Shutterstock For the first time, scientists have successfully trialled a technology that could control and even exterminate invasive fish such as carp. In a paper published in May 2014 in the journal...

Three of this year’s Queen’s Birthday honours recipients have been recognised for their many years of service to diverse aspects of Australia’s fisheries-related industries and communities: freshwater research, game fishing and aquaculture Philip Spencer Lake (known as Sam) was named an Officer...