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A-peeling grant backs prawn farmers to go digital
Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries and Minister for Rural Communities The Honourable Mark Furner
The Palaszczuk Government is backing Queensland to become the aquaculture capital of the world by helping prawn farmers go digital.
Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries and Minister for Rural Communities Mark Furner said the Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA) will receive $200,000 towards accelerating the adoption of digital systems on Queensland prawn farms.
“These grants were established under Queensland’s Economic Recovery plan to help farmers to access new opportunities,” Mr Furner said.
White spot prawn disease now endemic to wild populations in Queensland s Moreton Bay region
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The infection is highly contagious and deadly for prawns, crabs and yabbies.
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White spot disease is now endemic in wild prawn populations in south-east Queensland s Moreton Bay region.
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Queenslanders have been urged to buy locally produced prawns
The disease first started with an outbreak in 2016
Authorities had previously been trying to eradicate the disease but will instead move to contain and control it.
Agriculture Minister Mark Furner told ABC Radio Brisbane the Aquatic Consultative Committee on Emergency Animal Disease had declared the disease as established in the wild .
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Subscriber only Producers of Australian prawns have asked coastal residents to not use imported prawns as bait when fishing, to protect our crustaceans. Kim Hooper, executive officer at the Australian Prawn Farmers Association, made a call to Northern Rivers fishermen to avoid using imported prawns sold for human consumption as bait, even though prawns bought at retail shops are cheaper than actual bait prawns. The risk is very high because there are lot of fishermen who use imported prawns as bait, she said. Some people are trying to do the right thing, but it only takes one person to decimate the industry.