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Global Fish Farming News
News from Australia
Friday, February 17, 2012
Gillnet Closure to Further Protect Sea Lions AUSTRALIA - The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has closed an area of the Australian Sea Lion Management Zone to gillnet fishing after the maximum...
Thursday, February 16, 2012
AFMA Projects on Track to Reduce Bycatch AUSTRALIA - The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), with funding from the Federal Government’s Caring for Our Country initiative, has commenced a...
Further Investigation into Gladstone's Sick Fish AUSTRALIA - The State Government has ordered another investigation into what is causing fish diseases in Gladstone harbour in central Queensland.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Coles Launches Sustainable Seafood Stickers AUSTRALIA - Coles will be the first Australian supermarket to apply a sustainable seafood message to all fresh fish in our stores allowing customers to make the...
Monday, February 13, 2012
Health Problems to Affect Clean Seas Tuna Results AUSTRALIA - Clean Seas Tuna anticipates that the Yellowtail Kingfish health difficulties currently being experienced will impact the results of the company for...
Friday, February 10, 2012
Strong Prawn Prices Despite no Export Market AUSTRALIA - A Queensland prawn trawlerman says prices have been strong for the past eight months despite an export market not being available.
John West Sustainable Seafood Partnership with WWF AUSTRALIA - John West Australia has recently announced a new Sustainable Seafood Partnership with the world’s largest conservation organisation, WWF Australia...
Short-Term Fishing Closures Extended AUSTRALIA - New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) has extended some of the short-term fishing closures for ocean waters off north and mid-north...
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Abalone Season in SA has Kicked Off in a Big Way SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA - The South Australian abalone season has started off well, with a diver picking up one of the biggest abalones seen in Port Lincoln.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Clean Seas Tuna Continues Focus on Reducing Costs AUSTRALIA - Clean Seas Tuna Limited is pleased to report further progress in the second quarter of the 2011/12 financial year with the Company's continuing focus...
Monday, January 30, 2012
Short-Term Closures to Protect Fish Following Floods NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA - NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) has declared short-term fishing closures for ocean waters off seven north coast rivers...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Working Together for a Sustainable Seafood Future AUSTRALIA - March 16 is the Marine Stewardship Council’s Sustainable Seafood Day in Australia - a day of celbration for fisheries that have been independently...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Positive Signs for Gladstone Fish Health AUSTRALIA - Latest results from fish sampling in Gladstone in December have shown encouraging signs of improvement in fish health.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Petuna Seafoods Invests in Aquaculture Industry TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA - The Deputy Premier Bryan Green said that a multi-million dollar investment by Petuna Seafoods was a vote of confidence in the future of Tasmania’s...
Monday, January 16, 2012
Sea Cucumbers: Dissolving Coral Reefs? AUSTRALIA - New research led by Carnegie's Kenneth Schneider analysed the role of sea cucumbers in the destruction of coral reefs in portions of the Great Barrier...
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Less Red Tape To Aid Agricultural Exports AUSTRALIA - The Australian Government is boosting regional economies through $30 million in support and a further A$30 million per annum in reduced red tape for...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Major Investment in Australian Bluefin Tuna Industry ANALYSIS - There is new optimism in the Australian southern bluefin tuna (SBT) industry with quotas increasing and research and trials looking at improving productivity,...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Early Start for Bluefin Tuna Spawning Season AUSTRALIA - Clean Seas Tuna Limited has reported early progress with its previously announced strategy of bringing forward spawning from the Company’s Southern...
Monday, January 09, 2012
Clean Seas Appoints Australian Aquaculture Expert AUSTRALIA - The board of Clean Seas Tuna Limited has announced the appointment of Australian Aquaculture Industry expert Dr Craig Foster, as Company Chief Executive...
Friday, January 06, 2012
Gladstone Update: Cause Of Death Unknown AUSTRALIA - A spokesperson for the Department of Environment and Resource Management has told TheFishSite that the department has investigated the new findings...
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Latest Gladstone Harbour Water Quality Tests AUSTRALIA - Two further rounds of independent water quality sampling in Port Curtis show no evidence that water quality is affecting fish health or that dredging...
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Gladstone Fish Kill Spreads Upriver AUSTRALIA - The Queensland Government is investigating the discovery of more dead fish in a Gladstone waterway.
2012 - Australian Year Of The Farmer AUSTRALIA - Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, and Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Sid Sidebottom,...
Friday, December 30, 2011
Fisheries Nets Black Market Traders AUSTRALIA - A raid by Department of Fisheries officers on homes in Cervantes and Coogee led to 10 individuals being charged with 53 fisheries offences.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Heavy Metals In Shellfish Still High AUSTRALIA - The latest report from the Derwent Estuary Organisation shows that there are still high levels of heavy metals present in shellfish in the Derwent e...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Torres Strait Lobster Fishery: Buy-Out Of Licences AUSTRALIA - A voluntary buy-out of fishing licences is being offered to non-Traditional Inhabitants to increase the ownership and participation of Traditional Inhabitants...
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
New Fish Test Results For Gladstone Released AUSTRALIA - Preliminary toxicology testing of fish collected as part of the Gladstone Harbour investigation has found no evidence that organic chemicals or metals...
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
NSW Suspends Imports Of Tasmanian Abalone AUSTRALIA - The New South Wales Government has implemented a temporary suspension on imports of live abalone from Tasmania after laboratory results indicated that...
Farm Export Earnings Set To Rise AUSTRALIA - Australia’s agricultural export earnings are forecast to rise in 2011–12.
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
When The Heat's On, Fish Can Cope AUSTRALIA - Australian scientists have discovered that some tropical fish have a greater capacity to cope with rising sea temperatures than previously thought –...
