Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), the national peak-body representing the Australian seafood industry, has announced a national crisis-meeting will be held in Western Australia in February 2019 to discuss the ongoing threats to resource access and property rights occurring across the nation. (more…)
Tag: aquaculture
Boost for WA jobs and local lobster supply from WA’s most iconic fishery
The WA Government plans to double the value of Western Australia’s acclaimed western rock lobster industry and create up to 500 WA jobs. (more…)
$5 billion Future Drought Fund
The Australian Government has introduced legislation to establish a new, secure, revenue stream – which will grow to be worth $5 billion – for drought resilience, preparedness and recovery. (more…)
Research paves the way for Moreton Bay bug aquaculture in Tasmania
The Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) researchers who developed a world-first method to breed rock lobsters commercially have now paved the way for a Moreton Bay bug aquaculture industry in Tasmania. (more…)
Cooperative international effort to rejuvenate southern Indian Ocean fisheries
Australia has joined with international partners, the fisheries industry and stakeholders to protect a number of fisheries ecosystems in the southern Indian Ocean, at the fifth Meeting of the Parties to the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA), in Thailand. (more…)
Technology turns the tide for first online fish auction
Australia’s first online fish auction will be held in June 2018, funded by the successful Farming Together program. (more…)