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| UpdatedThe State Government moves to ban super trawlers from Tasmanian waters and wants the Federal Government to follow suit.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, government-and-politics, tas, ulverstone-7315
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| UpdatedThe Barnett Government makes a pitch to the third of the state who fish, offering to create artificial reefs and invest more money boosting stocks if it wins re-election.
Topics: fish, elections, government-and-politics, rural, fishing-aquaculture, environment, wa
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| UpdatedTassal says it will comply with all required conditions to develop a salmon farm on Tasmania's east coast as it says it is not proud of its role in polluting Macquarie Harbour.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, government-and-politics, triabunna-7190, strahan-7468, tas
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A north Queensland council has taken the unprecedented step of closing a public boat ramp as part of efforts to contain the spread of a devastating prawn virus. Northern prawn farmers are on heightened alert, ramping up their own biosecurity efforts to protect their stock from white spot disease. But Sunfish technical adviser Barry Pollock says boat ramp closures are a stop-gap measure and more education is needed.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, cairns-4870, brisbane-4000
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Sunfish Queensland says authorities need to do more to stop the use of contaminated imported prawns as bait.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, cairns-4870, brisbane-4000, mackay-4740, townsville-4810
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An independent review panel rejects arguments Okehampton Bay on Tasmania's east coast is too hot and too shallow for fish farming, greenlighting a controversial proposal for Tassal to farm salmon in the area.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, triabunna-7190, tas
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| UpdatedWith the one-year anniversary of Cyclone Winston just days away, many in Fiji are looking at how far they've come since the disaster.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, pacific, fiji
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Tasmania's biggest salmon producer is set to lose its key sustainability certificate and there are fears for the local tourism industry over the poor health of Macquarie Harbour on the state's west coast.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, regulation, tas
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Christine Glassford from the Goulburn-Broken Catchment Management Authority explains the crowdfunding project for the Macquarie Perch.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, shepparton-3630
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| UpdatedThe Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority launches a crowdfunding campaign to improve environment for the threatened Macquarie perch.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, rivers, shepparton-3630, yea-3717
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| UpdatedTopics: fishing-aquaculture, fish, shepparton-3630
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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