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| UpdatedThe Tasmanian Greens want a Tassal lease being destocked in Macquarie Harbour examined as part of an audit deciding if the company keeps an international standards accreditation.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, strahan-7468
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| UpdatedAn environmental group is warning water quality in Macquarie Harbour is threatening the survival of an ancient skate species.
Topics: endangered-and-protected-species, fishing-aquaculture, environmental-management, environmental-impact, strahan-7468
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Topics: rural, agricultural-crops, vegetables, fishing-aquaculture, whyalla-5600
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Jenny and Daniel Sleep have set up an aquaponics system in their backyard in Whyalla, South Australia. Jenny said they use waste from the fish to grow their own fruit, vegetables, herbs and chillies.
Topics: rural, agricultural-crops, vegetables, fishing-aquaculture, whyalla-5600
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Topics: rural, agricultural-crops, vegetables, fishing-aquaculture, whyalla-5600
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A family in Whyalla sources all their own fresh food thanks to an aquaponics system set up in their backyard.
Topics: rural, agricultural-crops, vegetables, fishing-aquaculture, sustainable-living, whyalla-5600
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An abalone bust on the NSW far south coast brings to the surface tensions between cultural and commercial abalone divers.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, illegal-fishing, indigenous-policy, indigenous-culture
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| UpdatedTwo former salmon industry executives add their voices to concerns raised about the sustainability of parts of Tasmania's $700 million industry.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, strahan-7468
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| UpdatedThe Department of Agriculture is accused of "dropping the ball", with revelations that high numbers of diseased prawns are being sold in Australia.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, rural, pest-management, brisbane-4000, canberra-2600, surfers-paradise-4217
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| UpdatedA Senate Committee will investigate whether representatives of Tassal improperly influenced a mussel farmer to back out of an inquiry into the aquaculture industry.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, government-and-politics, tas
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| UpdatedThe final investment decision is looming for the company which plans to build a $1.9 billion prawn farm near Kununurra.
Topics: rural, environmental-management, trade, road-transport, fishing-aquaculture, kununurra-6743
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As biosecurity authorities respond to a sixth aquaculture farm which has tested positive for white spot disease in prawns, both the industry and government say they cannot be sure the virus can be eradicated. Six of the eight farms near the Logan River have now been confirmed to have the virus; one other currently has no stock and another is the only farm to remain free of white spot. Queensland Minister Bill Byrne says he stands ready to assist further, but is still waiting for a formal proposal for a cost sharing Deed of Arrangement with the federal government and industry.
Topics: rural, environmental-management, environmental-impact, marine-biology, government-and-politics, fishing-aquaculture, mackay-4740
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White spot disease is detected in more than 100 wild prawns south of Brisbane, sparking fears about the prawn farm industry's recovery.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, rural, environmental-impact, marine-biology, government-and-politics, logan-central-4114, qld, brisbane-4000
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Topics: fishing-aquaculture, bilbul-2680
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Fish nets at the Murray Cod Australia farm at Bilbul near Griffith in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, bilbul-2680
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| UpdatedMurray cod is in high demand from top end restaurants, and inland aquaculture is making the most of it.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, fish, bilbul-2680
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Topics: fishing-aquaculture, fish, bilbul-2680
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Topics: rural, agribusiness, fishing-aquaculture, katherine-0850
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| UpdatedA proposed ban on catching female mud crabs in the Gulf of Carpentaria is no longer being considered by the Northern Territory Government, ABC Rural understands.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, fishing-aquaculture, government-and-politics, katherine-0850
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| UpdatedThe state's biggest salmon producer Tassal is ordered to destock a Macquarie Harbour lease because of environmental concerns.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, strahan-7468
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Topics: rural, fishing-aquaculture, port-lincoln-5606
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Less than six months since setting up in South Australia, Cameron of Tasmania has produced its first commercially viable oysters. The Tasmanian based hatchery set up just out of Port Lincoln following the outbreak of POMS in Tasmania. General manager Ben Cameron says they have been able to start supplying SA growers almost straight away.
Topics: rural, fishing-aquaculture, port-lincoln-5606
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A Tasmanian hatchery produces the first commercially viable spat in Port Lincoln.
Topics: rural, fishing-aquaculture, port-lincoln-5606
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| UpdatedLegal action brought against the Government's environmental watchdog by a salmon producer will be "vigorously" defended, the Tasmanian Premier says.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmentally-sustainable-business, government-and-politics, tas
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| UpdatedCowra oyster grower Steve Feletti has turned wine producer to recreate his discovery at a fish market in the south of France.
Topics: food-and-beverage, fishing-aquaculture, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, rural, lifestyle, cowra-2794, batemans-bay-2536, france