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…)
Tag: aquaculture
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…)
What a pearl! New oyster to save the industry
A Griffith University scientist has revealed plans to potentially save the struggling Queensland oyster industry. (more…)
WA's commercial wild abalone fishery becomes world-leader
WA Fisheries Minister Dave Kelly announced Western Australia’s commercial wild-caught abalone fishery has become the first commercial abalone fishery in the world to receive sustainability certification from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). (more…)
Australia and Indonesia conduct trilateral maritime patrol
Australia’s cooperation with Indonesia on maritime security has been further strengthened through a trilateral maritime security patrol in the Timor Sea north-west of Darwin, targeting illegal exploitation of natural resources. (more…)