State to Pull Out of Seal Program
TASMANIA - Salmon farms are planning to run their own seal relocation program. The State Government has decided to pull out of the scheme, which traps seals and trucks them north, usually to North-West Coast beaches.

Aquaculture Trail Incorporated in 2008 Guide
AUSTRALIA - Journey along the Eyre Peninsula’s coastline and beyond in the new regional visitor guide and you will be wanting to pack the bags and get out and see it all first hand.

Next Big Thing for Farm Sector
AUSTRALIA - Aquaculture has been tipped as the next big market in the Australian farming sector.

Fishermen stymied by million dollar salmon escape
TASMANIA - The escape of tens of thousands of salmon from a fish farm in the Tasman peninsula in Tasmania's south-east has thrown the local scalefish industry into turmoil.

One Million Dollars to Help Businesses Adjust to Reduced Fishing
AUSTRALIA - Australian businesses will share in more than A$1 million in Australian Government grants as part of a structural adjustment package to secure a profitable and sustainable future for Commonwealth-managed fisheries and reliant onshore busi...

Cell Aquaculture Raises $1.2m, But Postpones Vegas Venture
AUSTRALIA - Global fish farming company Cell Aquaculture Ltd has placed 8m shares at 15c each to institutional investors, raising $1.2m.

Worry over Port Neill Fish Farms
AUSTRALIA - Concerned that fish farms attract sharks at Port Neill, the local progress association is likely to make a submission against proposed farms near the town’s beaches.

Authorities Hand Over Seal Strategy to Industry
AUSTRALIA - The Tasmanian Government has changed the way in which the local salmon farming industry deals with problem seals that get trapped inside fish pens.

Clean Seas raises $36.8 million
AUSTRALIA - South Australian aquaculture company, Clean Seas Tuna Limited, has raised $36.8 million through a share placement.

Christmas seafood mayhem
AUSTRALIA - The great Aussie obsession for seafood at Christmas shows no sign of abating with a record six million prawns expected to be sold at Sydney Fish Market in the week before Christmas.

Lobster Breeding Programme Looks Hopeful
AUSTRALIA - There are hopes a scientific quest to farm the highly prized rock lobster could be realised within 10 years.

Trout Fingerling Over-supply a Boon in Tasmania
AUSTRALIA - The University of Tasmania’s aquaculture section has over-bred trout fingerlings which has seen the donation of 5,000 trout passed to Inland Fisheries to re-stock Pet Lake near Burnie.

Tilapia Terror. Infestation Suspected in Endeavour River
QUEENSLAND - Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F) officers are investigating reports of a possible infestation of tilapia in the Endeavour River near Cooktown.

Fish Habitat Project Will Aid Shellfish Farmers
AUSTRALIA - A new project that aims to improve fish habitat and coastal water quality kicks off tomorrow in an area from the Manning to the Hawkesbury rivers.

Bluefin breed project boosts share values
AUSTRALIA - Following recent financial success with its Kingfish operation, news that Clean Seas Tuna expects to start producing Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) fingerlings early next year has sent share prices skywards.

Contamination closes oyster production Cowell
AUSTRALIA - Franklin Harbour has been closed to oyster farmers this month following a series of tests that revealed raised pinnatoxin levels in the bay's shellfish.

John West buying in
AUSTRALIA - In what has been hailed a major boost for the local aquaculture industry, Simplot, the company that owns John West, will take a major stake in Port Lincoln public company Clean Seas Tuna Limited. The American food giant will invest $13 million...

$Millions promised if re-elected, says fisheries minister
AUSTRALIA - During a visit to Port Lincoln yesterday, Minister for Fisheries Eric Abetz promised $millions for the fishing industry if the Coalition government was re-elected. He also condemned the State Government’s approach to the proposed marine p...

Coalition uses fishing funding to attack Garrett
AUSTRALIA - Federal Fisheries Minister Eric Abetz has launched the Coalition's fisheries policy with a multi-million dollar commitment to aquaculture and commercial and recreational fishers.

John West Invests In The Best - Clean Seas
AUSTRALIA - $33 million capital raising for Clean Seas International food giant Simplot set for strategic shareholding.

Tassie toughens law to contain abalone threat
AUSTRALIA - Tasmania is to toughen protocols in Parliament today on abalone handling in an attempt to strengthen the state’s capacity to deal with a deadly ganglioneuritis abalone virus outbreak in Victorian waters.

Clean Seas Tuna issue at $1.35
AUSTRALIA - ASX listed aquaculture company, Clean Seas Tuna has announced a $33 million-plus equity rising.