Algae is one of the rising stars on the aquaculture horizon, but scientist Pia Winberg has been working to consolidate its role as an essential link in sustainable food production for more than a decade
By Rose Yeoman
Nick Savva, manager at the AbTas abalone farm in Clarence Point, Tasmania,...
Currently there is considerable and growing interest in creating opportunities for commercial culture of tropical oyster species. Across northern Australia there are a number of R&D projects being conducted to address technical, ecological, food safety and business development priorities needed to...
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The identification of the NSW Commercial Fishing Industry's research, develop and extension priorities is currently undertaken through a consultation process that involves a letter to all licensed commercial fishers calling for their individual priorities. Unfortunately this does not allow for the...
This application for a collaborative study by the Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research at Murdoch University and the Department of Fisheries, Western Australia, was developed in response to the increasing concern expressed by representatives of the latter department, and also the WA FRAB,...
To mark International Women’s Day 2022 on Tuesday 8 March, FISH magazine highlights some of the organisations and women helping to shape the future of Australia’s fishing and seafood sector
Women in Australia’s seafood sector will have new opportunities in the year ahead to develop their skills...
Amoebic gill disease in farmed Tasmanian salmon:
Amoebic gill disease (AGD) affects the culture of Atlantic salmon during the marine grow-out phase of production. The causative agent of amoebic gill disease is Neoparamoeba perurans (1) which when present upon the gills causes extensive...
An on-going challenge for fisheries management is to develop and implement management arrangements in the environment of incomplete or imperfect information. This is particularly relevant to many small-scale fisheries which are relatively low value and often data-poor. Many of these fisheries are...
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