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The next GAIN General Meeting will be held  on the 26th June 2012 commencing at 1PM. Venue is in Melbourne. 

The General meeting will be preceded by a GAIN executive committee meeting.

GAIN has an open forum policy. All GAIN members are welcome to attend the Executive meetings.

General Meetings are open to anyone who wishes to attend. Please contact Barry Dance if you would like further information.

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As part of our ongoing endeavour to promote the aquaculture industry and to keep industry members informed of events both locally and internationally we are pleased to announce that the highly popular GROWfish News is now freely available for anyone to include on their own website. We have developed a very simple system that involves the inclusion of a single line of code in a webpage that will automatically generate the latest headlines (as shown below) directly from the GROWfish website. This provides any website with fresh content updated on a daily basis and encourages users to return to the site where the news feed is located. For more information and examples of how the news feed can be implemented on your website CLICK HERE!
 
Handy Websites

We recently featured OnlineConversion in this section as a handy resource. This site allows you to convert almost anything you care to name to anything else. There are over 5,000 different units and 30,000 different conversions available.

One of the responses that we received was from Steve Diver at ATTRA -
(Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas) in the US. ATTRA have compiled a webpage that includes a multitude of conversion tools and calculators that are specifically for the Agribusiness sector. Well worth a look and definitely should be added to your Favorites. Many thanks to Steve on behalf of everyone.
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Planning changes to accelerate Queensland coast development
source: The Conversation
Leader: Australia - October 18, 2012 - The Newman-led Liberal-National Party (LNP) government in Queensland is aiming to boost economic growth by focusing on development in four areas; agriculture, tourism, mining and residential/commercial/industrial. [Full Story]
Pacific governments plan a better future from aquaculture
source: Saipan Tribune
Leader: Noumea - October 18, 2012 - “Prevention is better than cure” is the main message emerging from the Food and Agriculture Organization/SPC Regional Workshop on Aquatic Biosecurity and Aquaculture Data and Statistics in the Pacific Region held in Nadi, Fiji, last week. [Full Story]
SNP show support for aquaculture
source: Fish News EU
Leader: Scotland - October 18, 2012 - Scotland’s Environment Minister, Paul Wheelhouse, visited Marine Harvest’s Lochailort hatchery site today, in a move that will be welcomed by Scotland’s fish famers prior to the Aquaculture and Fisheries Bill being debated in Parliament. [Full Story]
Tilapia standard showcases continuing growth of aquaculture
source: Nature.com
Tilapia standard showcases continuing growth of aquaculture [Full Story]
Funding secured for Wagin cogeneration plant
source: Wagin Argus
Australia - July 5, 2012 - The Shire of Wagin and Consortium Partners of the Wagin Integrated Food Fibre Processing Hub are excited about the recent announcement of $1.15 million in funding from the Low Emissions Energy Development Fund granted to Morton’s Seed and Grain. [Full Story]
Hope fades for future of cod farming
source: CBC Canada
Canada - July 5, 2012 - Unlike salmon farming, which is thriving, cod aquaculture has never really taken off in Newfoundland and Labrador. [Full Story]
Prawn farming takes off in peaceful Betong
source: Khabar South East Asia
Thailand - July 5, 2012 - While Thailand's Deep South insurgency has harmed many local farming businesses in the region, residents of the country's southernmost tip are reaping dividends from aquaculture. [Full Story]
Aquaculture at CAS
source: Wesy Coast Sentinel
Australia - Ju7ly 4, 202 - Ceduna Area School are providing another career pathway for their students with the establishment of their new Aquaculture Centre. [Full Story]
China seeks land for aquaculture
source: The Weekly Times
Australia/China - July 4, 2012 - A Chinese company wants control of 100,000 hectares of Australian land for aquaculture. And the produce would be sent directly back to China. [Full Story]
Halal hub receives committed investments from two companies
source: The Borneo Post
Malaysia - July 4, 2012 - Tanjung Manis Halal Hub (TMHH) in Sarawak, the country’s biggest halal hub, has received committed investments from two companies – Sea Party Technology Co Ltd amounting to RM2 billion and Pertanza Sdn Bhd totalling RM2.5 million, Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud said yesterday. [Full Story]
Pellets due for futuristic fine tuning
source: Fish News EU
Norway - July 4, 2012 - Fish feed manufacturer Skretting is using X-rays and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMR/MRI) to examine fish feed pellets. [Full Story]
Parliamentary Inquiry to examine Primesafe
source: Seafood Industry Victoria
Australia - July 3, 2012 - A parliamentary inquiry will investigate the performance of Victorian food safety regulator, PrimeSafe. [Full Story]
Ocean-farmed fish, brought to you by Monsanto and Cargill
source: eNews Park Forest
United States - July 3, 2012 - If proponents of soy in aquaculture alliance have it their way, soy will be used to feed fish in open ocean pens in federal waters, a move that would negatively impact the marine environment as well as the diets of both fish and consumers. [Full Story]
Aquaculture not either-or
source: The Chronicle Herald
Canada - July 3, 2012 - I read with interest your recent coverage of the Cooke Aquaculture project in Shelburne. I understand the draw to focus on those who oppose not only this project but all aquaculture. [Full Story]
Fish perish in Krishna drought
source: The Hindu
India - July 3, 2012 - Aquaculture has taken a severe beating owing to high temperature during heat waves and scanty rainfall causing huge losses to farmers in Krishna district. [Full Story]
Who ate all the pies?
source: reLAKSation no 562
Scotland - July 2, 2012 - British football fans sometimes chant a song during matches poking fun at overweight players, referees or even opposing supporters. The song ‘who ate all the pies’ is derived from those occasions when the food stalls ran out of meat pies, the traditional food consumed at football matches. [Full Story]
PH’s fish hotdog bags international award
source: ABS-CBS News
The Philippines - July 2, 2012 - Philippine company has bagged the 2012 Superior Taste Award in Belgium for its all natural fish frankfurter. [Full Story]
Versailles entrepreneur raises fish at former sewage treatment plant
source: Lexington Herald-Leader
United States - July 2, 2012 - Tim Parrott is president of Aquila International, a Versailles aquaculture company that raises hybrid striped bass, largemouth bass, paddlefish, hybrid catfish and koi in the tanks and lagoons no longer used for sewage treatment. [Full Story]
Fit for Purpose
source: reLAKSation no 562
Scotland - July 2, 2012 - Last month, the Scottish Aquaculture Minister Stewart Stevenson announced that the new Aquaculture and Fisheries bill will be presented to Parliament in the autumn. In his press release, Mr Stevenson said that time is needed to reflect and ensure that the Aquaculture and Fisheries Bill is ‘fit for purpose’. [Full Story]
Marine Harvest salmon receives industry certification
source: Campbell River Mirror
Canada - July 1, 2012 - Marine Harvest Canada (MHC), BC’s largest supplier of BC farm-raised salmon, announced Thursday that it has achieved the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification at five marine salmon farm sites. [Full Story]
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The Globalisation of GAIN .
29th August 2006
How is it that a small regional group of volunteers with a passion for the development of aquaculture in their region reached out to the world? This article covers some of the history of the organisation's internationalisation.
Innocently, we replied asking what type of an organization were they seeking contact with and were overwhelmed by the enthusiastic response. We subsequently found out that the OFB had sent some two hundred emails to every aquaculture body in Australia, and GAIN was the only one to respond..
[Full Story]
Marching To The Beat Of A Better Drum (Filter).
29th November 2004
A problem with a drum filter has led pioneering Victorian recirculation aquaculture operators Stephen and Catherine Kanara to develop a new, cost effective, performance oriented drum filter suitable for most operational requirements.
When installed in a problem environment the filter not only improved the general system performance, but increased carrying capacity AND reduced the farm’s overall labour requirement..
[Full Story]
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