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The next GAIN General Meeting will be held  on the 23th April 2007 commencing at 1PM to 3:30PM. 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 Tony McLennan 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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Editorial: Fish farm a balancing act
source: The Mercury
Australia - December 15, 2011 - Aquaculture, one of Tasmania's great industry success stories, is facing new challenges as it seeks to expand. (2 stories) [Full Story]
Bay scallop aquaculture initiative thriving
source: Sackville Tribune
Canada - December 15, 2011 - An aquaculture initiative launched in the area last year is proving to be a successful venture for a Murray Corner man. [Full Story]
Effect of climate change felt in Luzon aquaculture
source: The Philippines
The Philippines - December 15, 2011 - Aquaculturists participating in the First Congress of the Integrated Services for the Development of Aquaculture (ISDA) reported here that the unusual sea levels attributed to climate change is now adversely affecting the aquaculture industry in Central Luzon. [Full Story]
Backlash at fish farm proposal
source: The Mercury
Australia - December 14, 2011 - If accepted, the proposal by Tassal, Petuna, and Huon Aquaculture would bring the farmed area to 3.3 per cent of the harbour's 260 square kilometres. [Full Story]
GMRI attracts global marine firms
source: MaineBiz News
United States - December 14, 2011 - When the Gulf of Maine Research Institute moved to its new spacious headquarters on the waterfront, its vision was to open its doors to fellow marine-based companies and create a hub for science, technology and education. [Full Story]
Officials roll out new plan on NJ aquaculture industry
source: NBC 40 News
United States - December 14, 2011 - Officials met in Cape May County Tuesday to roll out the new development plan for New Jersey's aquaculture industry. [Full Story]
Fish farm expansion fears
Australia - December 13, 2011 - Proposals to expand salmon farms in Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania's west coast have sparks concerns of environmentalists. [Full Story]
Fish health regulations called inadequate
source: Times Colonist
Canada - December 13, 2011 - Canada's fish health regulations are not stringent enough to prevent viruses from being imported to West Coast fish farms on Atlantic salmon eggs, says a former high-level provincial government fisheries biologist. [Full Story]
UK fish farm runs into difficulties
source: Fish Update
Wales - December 13, 2011 - The Welsh Government is holding talks with a joint Greek-Saudi-owned aquaculture company to secure the future of one of the UK's largest fish farms which is facing difficulties. [Full Story]
Swanger Cove hatchery up and running
source: The Coaster
Canada - December 13, 2011 - After six years of planning, Cooke Aquaculture’s salmon hatchery in Swanger Cove, St. Alban’s, is now in operation. [Full Story]
White shrimp farmed in sea cages
source: FIS News
Mexico - December 13, 2011 - A group of scientists at the National Fisheries Institute (Inapesca), specialists of the National Commission of Aquaculture and Fisheries (Conapesca) and producers from Sonora were able to farm white shrimp through a mariculture system. [Full Story]
Fish rules fine hike proposed in consultation
source: BBC News
United Kingdom - December 13, 2011 - Fines of up to £10,000 could be imposed on businesses which flout marine and aquaculture regulations, under plans put out to consultation. [Full Story]
Mariculture park in Sulu launched
source: Manila Bulletin
The Philippines - December 12, 2011 - The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in coordination with the local gov-ernment here will launch next week the first mariculture farm in Sulu as part of the national government commitment to help the people in remote areas alleviate their poor living condition. [Full Story]
Fisheries and Oceans employees bracing for cuts
source: Ottawa Citizen
Canada - December 12, 2011 - About 400 Fisheries and Oceans employees across Canada are to receive letters from managers Monday informing them their jobs will be affected as the department rolls out reductions from last year’s strategic review. [Full Story]
International conference on aquaculture concludes
source: Oman News
United Arab Emirates - December 12, 2011 - Proceedings of the international conference on Development of Aquaculture Sector were concluded at Al Bustan Palace Hotel today. The two-day conference was organized by the Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry under the theme "Investment Opportunities ". [Full Story]
ECO garbage
source: reLAKSation no 533
Global - December 11, 2011 - There is no doubt that there is one area of expertise which the big environmental foundations can claim and that is their ability to get stories, however irrelevant, taken up by the mainstream press. [Full Story]
New initiative to raise fish stocks...
source: Gulf Daily News
Bahrain - December 10, 2011 - Investors are being sought to fund the launch of new fish farms to replenish Bahrain's depleted fisheries, with demand outstripping local supplies by almost 200 per cent. [Full Story]
Olmix invests in sea lettuce
source: All About Feed
France - December 10, 2011 - Feed ingredient specialist Olmix, based in Bréhan (Morbihan) in France is to launch a program in conjunction with supporting organisation Oséo to treat fresh ulva (sea lettuce) for use in animal and plant nutrition. [Full Story]
Fisheries interested in Indonesian methods
source: Fiji Broadcast Corporation
Fiji - December 10, 2011 - The Fisheries Department is hoping to introduce the floating fish cage system for aquaculture given its success in Indonesia. [Full Story]
Citizens petition ecology to change geoduck aquaculture rulemaking
source: San Juan Islander
United States - December 10, 2011 - Citizens have petitioned The Washington Department of Ecology to amend geoduck aquaculture rulemaking. The new rule adopted by Ecology puts in place a permit exemption for geoduck aquaculture that is not authorized by the Shoreline Management Act. [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..
[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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