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$5m grant to turbocharge aquaculture research in north
The farming of fast-growing, highly efficient aquaculture species that are able to resist impacts of costly diseases will soon become a reality, with James Cook University and partners awarded $4.9 million from the Australian Research Council through their Industrial Transformation Research Program.
The Director of the new Research Hub, Professor Dean Jerry, said the funding will establish the “ARC Research Hub for Supercharging Tropical Aquaculture through Genetic Solutions”, which will be funded for 5 years and work to transform the productivity of aquaculture species farmed in the north.
The program will apply modern genetic, selective breeding and artificial intelligence approaches to dramatically improve the productivity of farming five important northern Australian aquaculture species, namely barramundi, pearl oyster, black tiger prawn, grouper and marine red-algae.
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West Australian pearl farmer James Brown named 2021 Australian Farmer of the Year
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Almost $23 million to be invested towards digital connectivity and telecommunications in regional WA
McGowan Government allocates $5.88 million towards Commonwealth Regional Connectivity Program, securing $17.1 million co-investment from Federal Government
Boost to mobile and broadband services for 16 projects across regional, rural and remote WA
Connectivity and telecommunications in regional WA will receive a $23 million boost under a joint investment from the McGowan Government and the Commonwealth Government.
The McGowan Government will contribute $5.88 million to projects under the Commonwealth’s Regional Connectivity Program to help bring mobile and broadband infrastructure to some of Western Australia’s most under-served areas.
The State’s investment has attracted co-funding of $17.1 million from the Commonwealth and additional funding from project applicants and third party contributors.
Pearls of Wisdom: tidal shifts in the sector Posted April 24, 2021 | By Arabella Roden • Editor ARABELLA RODEN examines the tidal shifts in the pearl sector as it confronts the unique challenges of an uncertain future.
As organic gemstones, pearls are uniquely susceptible to variations in the natural environment. At the same time, the pearl trade is as vulnerable as any to disruptions in market conditions; perhaps even more so, given that it operates across international borders, from often-remote oyster farms in the Asia-Pacific region, to its chief trading hubs in Hong Kong and Japan and final consumers in Mainland China, Europe, and the US.