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Agricultural Commodities: Fisheries

Sustainability

The decline in the value of Australian fisheries production over the past decade isattributable to a decrease in the value of production of higher value species groups,such as rock lobster, prawns, abalone and tuna, according to the Australian Bureau of Agricu…

Advances In Koura Farming

Sustainability

In the early 1960s, the New Zealand Department of Fisheries didsome trials on koura (NZ freshwater crayfish) farming. As a result, they determinedkoura would not be viable, as they would take three yearsto reach a weight of 35g. Current trials have produced fa…

Effect Of Escapees On Wild Fish And MPAs

Sustainability

Speaking at Aquaculture Europe 2011, Kilian Toledo Guedes from the University of Alicante looks at the effects escapees have on the environment and wild fish in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Charlotte Johnston, TheFishSite editor, reports.