Cutting-Edge Prawn Farm Technology in Tasmania
AUSTRALIA - The Minister for Economic Development, Michael Aird, today congratulated Tasmanian company AQ1 Systems for securing $1.85 million in funding to develop...

Australian Research Centre Focuses on Fish Farms
AUSTRALIA - An aquaculture research and development centre in Western Australia will soon be helping the nation's fish farmers keep their stocks alive and hea...

Clean Seas Develops Hi-tech Feed Station
AUSTRALIA - Australian aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has developed a multi-million dollar feeding station for its Kingfish grow-out operations to improve ...

Sustainable Fisheries Research Facility Opens
AUSTRALIA - Teaching fish to fear predators, controlling invasive fish species and restoring the threatened jungle perch in the wild are among the first tasks...

Novel New Fish Projects Evoke Passion and Calm
AUSTRALIA - Boosting the fertility of male prawns and reducing stress levels for mud crabs are two research projects that could create new jobs and provide millions...

Obstacles to Overcome Before Clean Seas Commercialise Bluefin
AUSTRALIA - About 250 fingerlings have been kept from this year's trial breeding programme of Clean Seas Tuna. Whilst the company has overcome many problems there...

Clean Seas' Billion Dollar Babies
AUSTRALIA - They may only be a fraction of the size of a human pinky finger but these Southern Bluefin Tuna babies born on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula last...

World's First: Spawning of Captive Bluefin Tuna
SUNSHINE COAST, AUSTRALIA - University of the Sunshine Coast scientists have helped create aquaculture history through their involvement in a project that has...

Parengarenga Gives Kingfish Farming Another Go
AUSTRALIA - The Parengarenga Incorporation has informed its estimated 1800 shareholders it intends to seek an investor to put up $5.5million to build a new $4.7million...

Breeder Closes Tuna Cycle and Sets for Commerce
AUSTRALIA - Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna today made an early announcement on the commercialisation of its southern bluefin tuna propagation programme.

Govt About to Close Aquaculture Centre
AUSTRALIA - The State's only freshwater aquaculture research facility, based near Grafton, is to be closed.

Success Begins to Spawn for Clean Seas Tuna
AUSTRALIA - Clean Seas has announced that its Southern Bluefin Tuna broodstock have commenced spawning and it is anticipated that this Summer’s larval rearing...

Bringing Together a Major Lobster Industry
AUSTRALIA - Queensland is set to become a world leader in lobster aquaculture with the establishment of a major partnership in tropical rock lobster research and...

Alternative Fish Oils Break Vicious Cycle
AUSTRALIA - Fish oil replacements for farmed fish feeds may help reduce the aquaculture industry’s dependence on wild fisheries for their essential omega-3 requirements....

Science Discovers a Tastier Abalone
AUSTRALIA - Abalone need to watch their diets to be healthy, according to a collaboration between Moss Landing Marine Laboratories and the Monterey Abalone Co.

New Research Keeps Seafood Fresh
AUSTRALIA - State Government researchers believe they have discovered a natural preservative that keeps seafood products fresher for longer.

Projects Initiate Aquaculture Boost for Rural BC
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Three projects designed to boost the productivity of aquaculture operations in British Columbia will specifically target the...