James Cook University, Townsville
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Topics: fish, fishing-aquaculture, marine-parks, marine-biology, research, james-cook-university-townsville-4811
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Coral trout in recovery tank image
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Topics: fish, fishing-aquaculture, marine-parks, marine-biology, research, james-cook-university-townsville-4811
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Researcher Timothy Clark with coral grouper image
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Topics: fish, fishing-aquaculture, marine-parks, marine-biology, research, james-cook-university-townsville-4811
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Sea turtles use sunrise to set their internal compass, researchers say
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Sea turtles have a remarkable ability to find their way home, and new research from James Cook University has partly revealed their secret.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, environmental-policy, environment-education, environmental-health, science-and-technology, research, research-organisations, townsville-4810, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, gladstone-4680, qld
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'No 457 visas' for Adani project, Palaszczuk says Video
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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says she has an 'ironclad guarantee' there will be no 457 visas for Adani coal mine project.
Topics: coal, mining-industry, james-cook-university-townsville-4811
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Queensland scientists developing vaccines to eliminate food allergies
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Vaccines against food allergies could soon be a reality, with north Queensland scientists currently working on a world-first treatment to prevent reactions to fish.
Topics: health, diseases-and-disorders, food-poisoning, food-safety, science-and-technology, townsville-4810, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, qld
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Most Great Barrier Reef coral now dead north of Port Douglas, scientists say
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Eighty to 100 per cent of coral reefs surrounding Lizard Island off far north Queensland are now dead as a result of coral bleaching, scientists say.
Topics: great-barrier-reef, oceans-and-reefs, environment, activism-and-lobbying, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, marine-biology, biology, science-and-technology, marine-parks, conservation, port-douglas-4871, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, qld, australia, cairns-4870, townsville-4810, mackay-4740, rockhampton-4700, gladstone-4680
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Damselfish relocate to adapt to rising temperatures on Great Barrier Reef: study
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A study of damselfish on the Great Barrier Reef off far north Queensland finds they will try to adapt to increasing ocean temperatures by relocating.
Topics: great-barrier-reef, oceans-and-reefs, marine-parks, conservation, environment, research, marine-biology, biology, science-and-technology, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, townsville-4810, cairns-4870, qld, australia
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Baby turtles scramble for the safety of the ocean, but some don't make it Video
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Footage shows turtles struggling across the sand to reach the safety of the ocean, but some are taken by waiting seagulls.
Topics: great-barrier-reef, environment, environmental-impact, education, environmental-management, environmental-policy, oceans-and-reefs, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, qld
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World-first research centre to 'save' endangered green turtles (photos)
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Scientists open a new research centre in Queensland to try and unravel the mysteries of green turtles and stop their high mortality rates.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, environment-education, environmental-management, environmental-policy, great-barrier-reef, oceans-and-reefs, environmental-health, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, qld
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Research discovers tiger sharks are lazy predators Video
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A decade-long tiger shark study on the Great Barrier Reef has found the apex predators prefer an easy meal to stalking prey.
Topics: great-barrier-reef, science-and-technology, shark, environment, environmental-management, environmental-impact, australia, qld, james-cook-university-townsville-4811
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large sawfish in sea image
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Topics: animal-science, illegal-fishing, earth-sciences, cairns-4870, charles-darwin-university-0909, james-cook-university-townsville-4811
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sawfish on river bed image
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Topics: illegal-fishing, fish, animal-welfare, charles-darwin-university-0909, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, cairns-4870
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Sawfish caught in PNG image
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Topics: environmental-management, animals, research, papua-new-guinea, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, charles-darwin-university-0909
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Sawfish populations easier to find by searching for traces of DNA
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Researchers of Australia's four species of rare sawfish develop an easier way to find the estuaries the fish exist in.
Topics: animal-science, science-and-technology, research, marine-biology, cairns-4870, charles-darwin-university-0909, james-cook-university-townsville-4811
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'Lazy' tiger sharks opt to feed on dead turtles for 'easy feast', researchers find
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A decade-long tiger shark study on the Great Barrier Reef finds the apex predators prefer an easy meal to stalking prey.
Topics: shark, human-interest, great-barrier-reef, environment, environmental-management, environmental-impact, environment-education, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, cooktown-4895, cairns-4870
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Sea turtles with herpes lesions rising on Great Barrier Reef
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Cases of a debilitating disease that results in lesions on sea turtles off north Queensland are rising, with a researcher suspecting a link between the disease and the health of the Great Barrier Reef.
Topics: endangered-and-protected-species, marine-biology, great-barrier-reef, magnetic-island-4819, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, townsville-4810
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Parts of Great Barrier Reef increasing in coral: survey
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A survey of reefs off Townsville in north Queensland finds an increase in the amount of coral despite the recent bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef.
Topics: marine-biology, great-barrier-reef, marine-parks, research, research-organisations, townsville-4810, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, qld
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JCU joins national student newsroom for federal election 2016
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Many are not even old enough to vote, but a group of university students has created a national newsroom to cover the federal election.
Topics: university-and-further-education, government-and-politics, federal-elections, journalism, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, cairns-4870, australia
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Topics: university-and-further-education, federal-election, government-and-politics, journalism, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, cairns-4870, australia
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Scientists say Great Barrier Reef bleaching 'as bad as we've ever seen' Video
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Dr John Pandolfi from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, explains the latest report on bleaching, which has found 50 per-cent of the northern parts of the Great Barrier Reef are dying.
Topics: great-barrier-reef, climate-change, townsville-4810, cairns-4870, papua-new-guinea, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, university-of-queensland-4072, university-of-western-australia-6009
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Stopping massive fish stock losses on farms Audio
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A hand held device being developed at James Cook University in Townsville could help reduce massive stock losses at fish farms.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, fish, women-in-agriculture, agricultural-chemicals, research, marine-biology, biotechnology, pests, pest-management, university-and-further-education, townsville-4810, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, bowen-4805, guthalungra-4805
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Technology being developed to stop massive fish stock losses on farms
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A hand-held device is being developed at James Cook University in Townsville which could help reduce massive stock losses at fish farms.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, fish, agricultural-chemicals, university-and-further-education, research, research-organisations, biotechnology, marine-biology, pest-management, townsville-4810, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, bowen-4805, guthalungra-4805
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Stopping massive fish stock losses on farms image
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A hand held device being developed at James Cook University in Townsville could help reduce massive stock losses at fish farms.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, fish, agricultural-chemicals, university-and-further-education, research, biotechnology-industry, marine-biology, pest-management, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, townsville-4810, bowen-4805, guthalungra-4805
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Coal dust kills coral, reduces growth of fish and seagrass: study
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Questions about the risks of shipping coal through the Great Barrier Reef are raised after a study shows coal dust released into seawater kills corals and slows seagrass and fish growth.
Topics: great-barrier-reef, oceans-and-reefs, environment, mining-rural, mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, sea-transport, federal---state-issues, activism-and-lobbying, cairns-4870, qld, townsville-4810, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, rockhampton-4700, mackay-4740
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