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Better tasting barramundi, with healthy management and feeding strategies developed by WA Department of Fisheries research, is helping fish farmers develop new opportunities.
This year the Australian fishing has recorded a good stocks of bluefin tuna in southern hemisphere, says the authority.
The Tasmanian seafood industry has show a significant growth since 2004-2005, with the beach value of seafood surging by $189 million and the gross revenue generated increasing by $279 million.
Professional Western Australian fishermen in the south-western town of Esperance are in fear over contamination reports that could damage this industry.
Clean Seas Tuna is in the aquaculture industry with an aim to reproduce bluefin tune through proper fish farming.
With high growth rate of Australian dollar and high fuels costs, the fishermen in Commonwealth fisheries are struggling to make money.
Revised Moreton Bay oysters plan could attract more new investment to operate more efficiently.
The Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F) expressed satisfaction over its tailor monitoring programme.
A coroner has recorded verdicts of accidental death by drowning on the seven crewmen who lost their lives when the fishing boat Solway Harvester sank.
The Australian government has reconsidered an earlier plan to prohibit the use of power winches to lift rock lobster pots on boats used by recreational fishers for the coming 2008-09 season.