Building Our Food Resilience degree programme is playing a key role in building Singapore’s food resilience. C hew Xian Zhe, 28, has been fascinated with fish since he was young, and in particular, keeping his aquarium fish alive and well. “I have always been interested in fish health,” he says. This early desire to be a “fish doctor” marked the start of a lifelong journey where he pursued a doctorate in Aquaculture, which later led him to work on a fish farm in Singapore. His job involves checking on fish health, analysing data and using them to implement measures to improve the welfare of
Yumbah Aquaculture s $60m Portland abalone farm proposal rejected by VCAT
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Abalone sitting in a shallow tank at Yumbah Aquaculture s onshore farm at Narrawong, further along the coast.
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Residents of a Victorian seaside community are celebrating the rejection of a proposal to establish one of the largest on-land abalone farms in the Southern Hemisphere.
Key points:
VCAT found the farm would have an unacceptable impact on its immediate surrounds
The company says it is still considering options to make the project acceptable
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) knocked back Yumbah Aquaculture s $60 million plan at Dutton Way in Bolwarra, near Portland, which had been approved by the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) and the Glenelg Shire Council.
Norwegian Aqua Culture Specialist takes over workboat 4 weeks before schedules delivery
Aqua Culture specialist Aqua Kompetanse AS in Flatanger, Norway, have taken delivery of a new ProZero 15m FR Workboat. Despite the challenges of CoVid-19, the boat was delivered four weeks prior to contractual delivery schedule. The boat was delivered by ProZero International, through their Norwegian subsidiary ProZero Norway.
ProZero International has delivered the ProZero 15m FR Workboat though the Norwegian subsidiary ProZero Norway AS, where managing Director Kjetil Nygaard have been a key resource in developing the workboats specification in close collaboration with the client Akva Kompetanse AS, who is a leading inspection company with-in the Aqua culture business in Norway.