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• Illegal fishing boats captured near Darwin

  Published: September 18, 2007, 3:26 am

  Tags: Fishing Aquaculture, Darwin 0800

  Six illegal fishing boats were captured and detained in Australia's northern waters last week.

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• Three-quarters of world's fish stocks depleted: report

  Published: September 19, 2007, 2:17 am

  Tags: Environment, Conservation, Oceans Reefs, Fishing Aquaculture, Marine Parks, Australia

  An environmental report has found three-quarters of the world's fish stocks have been over-exploited, mainly by commercial fishing.

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• No compulsion for life jacket use

  Published: September 19, 2007, 6:38 pm

  Tags: Emergency Incidents, Fishing Aquaculture, Adelaide 5000

  A national body for marine safety says it will not make life jackets mandatory for all recreational boat users.

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• Better pearl oysters researchers' dream

  Published: September 26, 2007, 11:19 pm

  Tags: University Further Education, Fishing Aquaculture, Cloning Dna, Research, Australia, Qld, Townsville 4810

  The race is on to create the perfect pearl oyster.

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• European ban boosts Aust tuna export outlook

  Published: September 26, 2007, 9:17 pm

  Tags: Trade, Environment, Endangered Protected Species, Environmental Management, Fishing Aquaculture, Adelaide 5000, Ceduna 5690, Port Lincoln 5606, Port Pirie 5540, Japan

  Australia's fishing industry is hoping to sell more bluefin tuna to Japan in light of fishing restrictions announced for European waters.

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• Recreational fishos 'attacking pros' in SA

  Published: September 27, 2007, 6:32 pm

  Tags: Food Beverage, Crime, Lifestyle Leisure, Fishing Aquaculture, Australia, Port Lincoln 5606, Port Pirie 5540

  South Australia's peak commercial fishing body says attacks against professional fishermen are becoming much more widespread in the wake of an arson attack in the Eyre Peninsula.

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• Abalone industry welcomes Govt money to fight virus

  Published: October 8, 2007, 2:31 am

  Tags: Fishing Aquaculture, Tas, Melbourne 3000, Port Campbell 3269, Portland 3305

  Victoria's abalone industry wants to see the detail of the Federal Government's funding and emergency task force announced yesterday.

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• One person has died in a boating accident off Perth

  Published: October 14, 2007, 6:00 pm

  Tags: Disasters Accidents, Maritime Accidents, Fishing Aquaculture, Mindarie 6030

  A man has drowned and two men and a 12-year-old boy have been rescued after a boating accident off Perth.

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• Sydney man arrested over abalone raid

  Published: October 24, 2007, 7:17 pm

  Tags: Police, Fishing Aquaculture, Nsw, Sydney 2000, Tas, Vic, Melbourne 3000

  Fisheries officers have raided the Spirit of Tasmania at Station Pier in Melbourne, arresting a man over abalone poaching.

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• Sydney man in custody over abalone seizure

  Published: October 25, 2007, 3:28 am

  Tags: Police, Fishing Aquaculture, Nsw, Sydney 2000, Tas, Vic, Melbourne 3000

  A Sydney man charged over an abalone haul worth an estimated $20,000 has appeared in a Melbourne court.

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• Tuna research promises export boost

  Published: October 26, 2007, 4:22 am

  Tags: Fishing Aquaculture, Research, Adelaide 5000, Arno Bay 5603, Ceduna 5690, Port Augusta 5700, Port Lincoln 5606, Port Pirie 5540

  An Australian company planning to land-based breeding of southern bluefin tuna says it is close to a breakthrough, possibly within months.

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• Govt pledges $14m to seafood industry

  Published: October 31, 2007, 5:30 am

  Tags: Industry, Government And Politics, Elections, Federal Government, Fishing Aquaculture, Federal Election 2007, Australia

  The Federal Government has revealed a raft of election promises that would benefit the Australian seafood industry.

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• Tommy change a bit ruff

  Published: November 1, 2007, 8:48 pm

  Tags: Fishing Aquaculture, Fish, Adelaide 5000, Mount Gambier 5290, Port Augusta 5700, Port Lincoln 5606, Port Pirie 5540, Whyalla 5600

  Some in the fishing industry have expressed concern about a change of name for the fish sold as tommy ruff.

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• Bigger catch approved for Antarctic krill

  Published: November 2, 2007, 6:19 pm

  Tags: Rural, Fishing Aquaculture, Antarctica

  The international body overseeing conservation in Antarctica has approved a big increase in the annual krill catch in eastern Antarctica.

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• Aust urged to act on over-fishing in Asia

  Published: November 7, 2007, 3:06 am

  Tags: Fishing Aquaculture, Science And Technology, Research, Australia, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam

  Australia as being urged to do more to stop over-fishing in the oceans of south-east Asia.

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