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Tension brewing over location of proposed timber export facility on KI
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Tension is building between Australia's first publicly listed timber company and the country's largest abalone producer, over a proposed multi-user wharf on Kangaroo island.
Topics: forestry, fishing-aquaculture, timber, regional-development, kingscote-5223
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Kangaroo Island Plantation Timber Company say a new multi-user wharf at Smith Bay could change the face of the South Australian forestry industry but Yumbah Aquaculture say it will put their abalone farm in jeopardy Audio
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Kangaroo Island Plantation Timber Company say a new multi-user wharf at Smith Bay could change the face of the South Australian forestry industry but Yumbah Aquaculture claim it will put their abalone farm in jeopardy.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, timber, forestry, regional-development, kingscote-5223
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Salmon producer Tassal joins legal action over Macquarie Harbour
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Australia's largest salmon company Tassal says it will oppose legal action taken by competitor Huon Aquaculture against Tasmania's Environment Protection Authority.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, fish, tas
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Salmon farming tipped as next big Tasmanian election issue
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Accusations fly as the Liberals and Greens attack Labor's stance on salmon farming, after the party threw its support behind Tassal's expansion plans but at the same time announced policy around tighter industry regulations.
Topics: state-parliament, elections, government-and-politics, fishing-aquaculture, tas
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Union warned budget cuts would damage biosecurity
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Quarantine staff feared three years ago staff cuts would threaten the biosecurity of Australia's multi-million-dollar agricultural industries.
Topics: quarantine, fishing-aquaculture, sydney-2000, port-melbourne-3207, darwin-0800, brisbane-4000, brisbane-airport-4007, melbourne-3000
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Tom Byrd goes fishing image
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Topics: fishing-aquaculture, darwin-0800
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King Ash Bay boat ramp image
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Topics: rural, agribusiness, fishing-aquaculture, weather, borroloola-0854
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McArthur River flood image
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Topics: rural, fishing-aquaculture, weather, borroloola-0854
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Fishing village flooded as Tropical Cyclone Alfred forms in Gulf
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Shacks in the fishing village of King Ash Bay in the Northern Territory's Gulf of Carpentaria are being flooded by the McArthur River.
Topics: rural, fishing-aquaculture, rainfall, cyclone, borroloola-0854
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King Ash Bay flood image
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Topics: rural, agribusiness, fishing-aquaculture, weather, borroloola-0854
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Australia's biosecurity threatened by staff cuts and poor planning
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An increase in exotic pests and diseases pushes Australian agriculture and environmentalists to demand more focus on biosecurity.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, pest-management, pests, agricultural-policy, sydney-2000, hobart-7000, perth-6000, bunbury-6230, mildura-3500, kununurra-6743, lismore-2480, tully-4854, woolloongabba-4102
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Snapshot of biosecurity outbreaks in Australia Analysis
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ABC Rural examines a recent history of biosecurity outbreaks and their impact on Australian agriculture.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, pest-management, pests, agricultural-policy, quarantine, agricultural-crops, fruits, fruit, vegetables
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All imported raw prawns to be pulled for white spot testing as fears prices will rise
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There are fears the price of prawns is about to go "through the roof" following a decision by the Federal Government to recall all imported raw prawns.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, rural, food-processing, pest-management, food-and-cooking, pests, environment, federal-government, brisbane-4000, canberra-2600, sydney-2000
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Topics: fish, animal-science, science-and-technology, fishing-aquaculture, rural, geraldton-6530
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Fish skeletons help monitor health of West Australian fishery
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West Australian Department of Fisheries technical officer Rhys Allen spends his days collecting data from dead fish to help manage the local fishery.
Topics: fish, animal-science, science-and-technology, fishing-aquaculture, rural, geraldton-6530, wa
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Dhufish gonads image
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Topics: fish, animal-science, science-and-technology, fishing-aquaculture, rural, geraldton-6530
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Game fisher Nobby Clark image
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Topics: fishing-aquaculture
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Tasmania urges Commonwealth to follow moves to ban super trawlers
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The 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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Fishing for votes: WA Liberals make pitch to recreational fishing community (photos)
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The 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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Tassal welcomes new farm approval, 'not proud' of harbour pollution
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Tassal 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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Barry Pollock from Sunfish says removing infected prawns from supermarkets is the only way to eliminate white spot risk Audio
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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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Recreational fishers back calls for imported seafood recall
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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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Tassal Okehampton Bay fish farm plan gets green light
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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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Fiji's pearl industry recovering one year on from TC Winston Audio
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With 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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Tasmanian salmon industry sustainability in doubt, affecting local tourism
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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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