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The next GAIN General Meeting will be held  on the 27th March 2012 commencing at 1PM. Venue is the DPI offices in Hotham St Traralgon. 

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!
 
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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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Fish farming cooperatives produce successful results
source: FIS News
Rwanda - March 26, 2012 - Women outnumber their male counterparts in the fish farming industry – and these women have formed over 155 cooperatives across Rwanda, said Dr Wilson Rutaganira, Coordinator of Integrated Installation and Interior Lakes Management Support Project [Full Story]
NTA identifies other beneficial uses of tobacco
source: Philippine Information Agency
The Philippines - March 26, 2012 - Tobacco is not only for smoking but this versatile crop has other beneficial uses and industrial products which could generate employment and livelihood. [Full Story]
Aquaculture in adversity
source: Inside Indonesia
Indonesia - March 26, 2012 - According to GIS data obtained during a recent AusAID and United Nations assessment of the impacts of the Sidoarjo mud flow, 95 per cent of the mangrove forests and estuarine creeks that once lined the coast have been developed into prawn ponds. Despite initial fears, the nearby mud flow has not had a direct impact on the Sidoarjo ponds, but even before the disaster the prawn farms were already in decline. [Full Story]
Legislators approve law for land planning in aquaculture
source: FIS News
Chile - March 26, 2012 - The House of Representatives approved, on third reading, the bill establishing health standards and land planning for aquaculture. [Full Story]
Malta joins call for EU to increase fish farm funding
source: The Independent
Malta - March 26, 2012 - As Malta published its draft aquaculture strategy this week, it also signed on to a call made by 16 EU member states, including Malta, for the European Union to increase funding for fish farms. [Full Story]
Make eating Wisconsin fish a routine
source: Agriview
United States - March 26, 2012 - Daily routines like the time to wake-up and when you leave for work, weekly routines like what day you do laundry and when you go grocery shopping. For me, Friday is routinely when I enjoy a delicious fish fry. [Full Story]
Final word on salmon application
source: Marlborough Express
New Zealand - March 26, 2012 - To finish our opinion series this week on the New Zealand King Salmon application to develop eight fish farms in the Marlborough Sounds, we invited each of the writers to have a final say. [Full Story]
Myths miss
source: reLAKSation no 547
Europe - March 26, 2012 - Fishnewseu.com recently reported that the WWF have published a list of supposed ‘myths’ which it said must be exposed in order to undo the effects of three decades of disastrous fisheries management in Europe. [Full Story]
Tilapia bill left where it belongs: on the table
source: Augusta Chronicle
United States - March 25, 2012 - If you’ve followed the debate in the General Assembly over whether to allow Georgia farm pond owners to introduce the African species tilapia, the matter appears to have died – at least for this session. [Full Story]
$820m lobster farm for Sabah
source: New Straits Times
Malaysia - March 25, 2012 - Sabah is set to become a major lobster producer when a RM2 billion (S$819.9 million) Integrated Lobster Aquaculture Park (iLAP) deal takes off at Pulau Timbun Mata in Semporna. [Full Story]
The seas lie empty
source: The Guardian
United Kingdom - March 25, 2012 - Rather than eating weird types of fish that I don't really like (as seems to be the sustainable advice), wouldn't it be more ecologically sensible for me to eat farmed fish of a species I do like, that is plentiful because it is farmed? [Full Story]
Taiwanese mission teaches Tilapia farming in Guatemala
source: Focus Taiwan
Guatemala/Taiwan - March 24, 2012 - An agricultural technical mission from Taiwan held an event Wednesday in Guatemala to teach local farmers about tilapia farming. [Full Story]
Can deepwater fish farming be sustainable?
source: Boulder Weekly
United States - March 24, 2012 - There’s been a closely watched experiment floating and bobbing in the eddies off the Big Island of Hawaii. Since July, an unanchored pen stocked with 2,000 hatchery-born fish known as kampachi (related to the more familiar yellowtail) has been drifting in the open ocean, tended by marine biologists from the aquaculture company Kampachi Farms. [Full Story]
50 pc decline in shrimp production due to white spot virus
source: FIS News
Mexico - March 24, 2012 - The authorities in three leading agencies in the aquaculture industry requested the Ministry of Agriculture of the State of Sonora declares several municipalities in the state as disaster zones on account of the appearance of the white spot disease in farmed shrimp last year. [Full Story]
Consultation process on aquaculture launched
source: Times of Malta
Malta - March 24, 2012 - A consultation process on an aquaculture strategy for Malta has been launched. [Full Story]
Best Aquaculture Practices grows at Boston Seafood Show
source: Global Aquaculture Alliance
United States - March 24, 2012 - Enthusiastic activity at the Best Aquaculture Practices and Global Aquaculture Alliance booths during the International Boston Seafood Show reflected continued expansion of the BAP farmed seafood certification program. [Full Story]
NIFES to help Cuba begin marine aquaculture
source: FIS News
Norway/Cuba - March 24, 2012 - The National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES) is one of several institutions involved in the cooperation project, and will assist Cubans establishing a marine aquaculture industry. [Full Story]
Fining salmon farmers ‘to cost 1,000 jobs’
source: The Scotsman
Scotland - March 24, 2012 - Controversial plans to impose heavy on-the-spot fines on Scotland’s salmon farmers for minor breaches of rules could lead to nearly 1,000 job losses and lose the sector £100 million, industry leaders have warned. [Full Story]
Aquaculture develops new beach cleanup plan
source: The Fish Site
Australia - March 22, 2012 - The State Government has endorsed a new beach monitoring and cleanup programme developed by the local Port Lincoln aquaculture industry, which is aimed at minimising the impact of debris on the coastal environment. [Full Story]
Torridon fish farm given go ahead
source: Ross Shire Journal
Scotland - March 22, 2012 - Scientists have been criticised because they refused to object to a new Ross-shire fish farm, despite fears from local residents that it could cause serious parasite problems for wild stocks. [Full Story]

PROPERTY FOR SALE WITH AQUACULTURE PERMIT

2Ha property for sale with Aquaculture Permit, situated near Churchill in South Gippsland and with warm water frontage and direct access to a 500Ha warm water lake. Previously used for intense aquaculture farming (Yabbies). Large, architect designed solid brick residence with established gardens. For further information contact Barry Dance on barry.dance@growfish.com.au or Walter on (03) 5122 3154

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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..
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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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