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Editors
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With almost 100 news articles
added for the month of March, the GROWfish
website continues towards becoming one of the
worlds leading website sources for
FREE
Aquaculture news and information. |
Paid
Membership for GROWfish website not planned.
A number of the other high quality fishing and
aquaculture related sites have gone to paid
membership systems. We have been asked on
numerous occasions when we intend to adopt this
approach and wish to advise that GAIN has "NO
Plans", to implement a paid membership system
for use of the GROWfish website. GAIN derives
it's revenue from advertising, sponsorship and
membership of GAIN itself. GAIN intends the
website to be a source of reliable information
for the industry and provides it as a free
service to members and non-members alike. With
site traffic now in excess of
100,00 a month and several thousand
subscribers (and growing) we now have an
established user base that provides a targeted
marketing platform for advertisers and
sponsors.
Advertising enquiries can be directed to:
advertising@growfish.com.au |
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As
you can see we have reduced the number of graphics
and have not any included photos in this months
edition of the GROWfish eNewsletter. This has been
done to reduce the file size of each email.
As mentioned above we have added around 100
Aquaculture news articles this month. It has been
very noticeable over the past year how prevalent
the subject of Aquaculture is becoming and there
is a continual increase in the amount of material
available and the amount that is sent to us. Our
new database managed website (see below) is on
schedule for launch around the end of April and
this will provide us with the facility to manage a
far greater amount of information and to process
additional news resources.
Portal
System Update
Earlier this month we reported on the website that we are
currently in the process of implementing a new
Portal style management system for the
GROWfish website. Based on current progress,
we expect that this new system will be
operational around the end of April. Our
statistical information tells us that many
users refer to a large number of the older
articles that are included in the archives. It
has been decided that due to the usage of this
information, all archive information will be
included in the new system, which of course
takes considerable time to complete.
The new system will
allow us to have a number of content editors
and administrators and will include numerous
new features for users. In addition to the new
management tools some of the user features
include: member site registration, who's
online, link rating & ranking,
new/hot/popular, user listing & content
submission, ad tracking for advertisers,
ecommerce, discussion forums, events calendar
with event registration, surveys & polls,
classified ads sections, chat & conference
facilities, automated newsletter signup and
more news & articles. Further information and
a final release date will be advised shortly.
We trust that you will enjoy this issue of the
GROWfish eNewsletter and welcome any comments,
suggestions or feedback.
webmaster@growfish.com.au
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Planning Project to Ease Permit
Process Tribulations
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A major planning project initiative
was announced at the March meeting of the Victorian Recirculation Aquaculture Systems
Network
held at the Marine and
Freshwater Resource Institute (MAFRI)
at Snob's Creek near Eildon.
Anthony Forster, Manager of the
Fisheries Victoria Aquaculture
Section announced the appointment of
Ratio Planners to
develop planning approval guidelines
and protocols to assist Local
Government authorities to develop a
consistent approach to aquaculture
development applications
[More
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GYGA
display at Farmworld 2003 |
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GIPPSLAND YABBY GROWERS
ASSOCIATION DISPLAY AT LARDNER
PARK FIELD DAYS -
The
2003 Field Days near Warragul
held on the 20th -23rd March
again attracted the normal high
level of interest which has
established it as a leading
event on the Australian
agribusiness calender. The
interest in yabby growing by
visitors was
extensive and Association
members were on hand to provide
information and answer the
numerous queries. The Gippsland
Yabby Growers Association shared
a display with Boyles Pump
Service and exhibited berried
females, purged yabbies and
static displays. The purged
yabbies were exhibited in a new
specialised tank system designed
and sold by Boyles Pump Service. |
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Aquaculture Business Planning
Workshop |
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Business planning is an
important issue in aquaculture
for both prospective investors
and current farmers to expand
and increase production.
An Aquaculture Business Planning
Workshop will be run in
Traralgon by Dos O’Sullivan on
the 17th and 18th
May 2003. It is a two-day course
with the possibility of
attending either or both of the
days. Workshop costs to approved
participants are expected to be
approx. A$40.00 with subsidy.
The program is registered with
FarmBis.
[More
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Recirculating Aquaculture
Systems Workshop |
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A
Workshop entitled
"Recirculating Aquaculture
Systems: Planning and Managing for a
Sustainable Future"
will be held on Saturday 14th
and Sunday 15th June, 2003 at
Deakin
University, Warrnambool Campus.
Deakin University is
currently in negotiation for FarmBis
registration of the workshop. Successful
application will mean a 75-90 % to eligible
attendees.
[More
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What's the
Australian Fishing Industry
Worth? |
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Fisheries statistics
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ABARE (The Australian Bureau of
Agricultural and Resource
Economics) in conjunction with
the FRDC, (Fisheries Research
and Development Corporation)
have released
the report entitled "Australian
Fisheries Statistics 2002" which
provides detailed production and
trade statistics for
the period 1999–2000 to
2001–2002.
More
Information and Download link
available here. |
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Export
Market Development Training
Course |
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In recognition of the growing importance of
export markets to Australian agricultural
industries, and to support the Commonwealth's
Young People in Rural Industries Program
- an Export Market Development Training
course designed to increase awareness
among young people of the importance of
exporting to rural and regional Australia is
being held by the Department of Agriculture
Fisheries and Forestry Australia (AFFA).
[More
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New
SOFIA Report now available |
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Aquaculture accounted for 29% of the
world's fish supply in 2001,
according to a new report on world
fisheries presented to the Fisheries
Committee of the
United Nations
Fisheries and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO) in
Rome at the end of February. The
State of World Fisheries and
Aquaculture 2002 (SOFIA) report said
that fish farming had grown at 9.2%
per year since 1970, while capture
fisheries trailed at 1.4% growth.
The full report can be accessed
here.
SOFIA
2002 |
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IAWMD
Golden Web Awards |
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GAIN
Meetings Schedule |
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The
next GAIN general meeting will be held on the 25th
of June at 1pm - 3:30pm in Hotham Street
Traralgon at the DPI Conference
room. Everyone welcome. GAIN
Executive Meetings will be held on
23rd April (1:00 - 3:30pm), 28th May
(1:00 - 3:30pm) and 25th June
(10:00am - 12:30pm) prior to the
General Meeting. GAIN has an open
forum policy. All GAIN members are
welcome to attend the Executive
meetings. The General Meetings are
open to anyone who wishes to attend.
Please contact Graeme Blackman if
you would like further information.
graeme.blackman@growfish.com.au
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Victorian Marine Farms on the
Market |
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Advertisement
Two
Victorian Marine Farms located
in the
Beaumaris
Aquaculture Zone (Port Phillip
Bay) and the Flinders
Aquaculture Zone (Westernport
Bay) have recently come on the
market.
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$34
Billion Reasons to Access the US
Seafood Market |
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A new
guide has been launched to help
Australian seafood producers crack
the lucrative US market.
"The
publication,
"A$34 Billion
Reasons to Access the US Seafood
Market", is the first in a
series of seafood market access
guides to be produced jointly by the
Australian Seafood Industry Council
(ASIC) and the Commonwealth
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries
and Forestry - Australia (AFFA). The
guide is available as a free
download in Adobe PDF Format.
Further details and a download link
are available from here.
[More
Information] |
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