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Aussie blue economy research announces scoping projects. The Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre (BECRC) in Australia has taken its first steps in foundational work that will underpin its research agenda, with the announcement of 17 short-term scoping ...
$4 million helping hand announced for fishers reeling from the effects of COVID-19. Saturday, June 20 marked an exciting day for the Australian seafood industry with the announcement of $4 million in Federal funding to ...
Great white shark diet surprises scientists. The first-ever detailed study of the diets of great white sharks off the east Australian coast reveals this apex predator spends more time feeding close to the seabed than ...
Australian research centre sets out marine project strategy The Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre (BECRC) in Australia has taken its first steps in foundational work that will underpin its research agenda, with the announcement of 17 short-term ...
World fish stocks healthy and abundant, says study. Global fish stocks are healthy and abundant, says a new study, with Australia’s seafood industry encouraging consumers to support local, sustainable seafood as part of World Oceans Day ...
BioMar Australia begins production. BioMar Australia have commenced aqua-feed production at their state-of-the-art 40 million euro facility in Tasmania, Australia, which is welcome news for the local aquaculture industry at a time when many businesses ...
SIA welcomes AFMA levy deferral – Seafood Industry Australia (SIA) has welcomed news the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) will allow the deferral of levies due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the ...
Seafood industry eagerly awaits government assistance. Seafood Industry Australia (SIA) has called for government assistance to keep the industry afloat. “We take our responsibility to provide more than one billion meals every year seriously, particularly ...
Australia’s seafood industry welcomes Sustainable Seafood Week. “Want sustainable seafood? Ask for Aussie seafood”, these are the words of Seafood Industry Australia CEO Jane Lovell as she welcomes the Australian Sustainable Seafood week which runs ...
If it’s Aussie, it’s good. Australia’s seafood industry welcomes Sustainable Seafood Week. “Want sustainable seafood? Ask for Aussie seafood”, these are the words of Seafood Industry Australia CEO Jane Lovell as she welcomes Australian Sustainable Seafood ...
Science voyage could boost Australian continental shelf claims. An Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)-led research team on the CSIRO research vessel Investigator sailed from Perth, Australia, earlier this month on a two-month voyage that could ...
Science delivers more Aussie grown prawns for Christmas. Australians will be enjoying more Aussie-grown prawns this Christmas thanks to a new prawn health check developed by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO. The new test uses ...
Western Australia octopus fishery gains MSC. The Western Australia octopus fishery has become the first octopus fishery in the southern hemisphere to be certified to the internationally recognised Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard for sustainable ...
Aussies celebrate World Fisheries Day. Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), the national peak-body representing Australia’s commercial fishing industry, encouraged all Australians to celebrate World Fisheries Day, 21 November. “We really are the lucky country when it ...
Ask for Aussie barra and celebrate National Barramundi Day. Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), the national peak-body representing Australia’s commercial fishing industry, is calling on Australians to “ask for Aussie barra” in celebration of National Barramundi ...
Sustainable certification for Spring Bay Seafoods. Spring Bay Seafoods Pty Ltd, the Tasmanian company known for its Australian blue mussels, has earned certification for sustainable seafood production by Friend of the Sea. “It’s been a ...
SIA asks for snapper ban review. Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), the national peak-body representing Australia’s commercial fishing industry, has called on the South Australian Government to review its four year state wide ban on snapper, ...
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