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101 (April – June 2002)
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Produced by the Information Section, Marine Resources Division, SPC, B.P. D5, 98848 Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia. Fax: (687) 263818; E-mail: cfpinfo@spc.int , with financial assistance from France. |
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Editorial Welcome to the latest Fisheries Newsletter. One feature of this issue is an article by the Aquaculture Adviser, Ben Ponia, on his trip to Papua New Guinea. On page 18, Ben gives us an insight into aquaculture in that country. While commercial aquaculture is in its infancy, a few farms are supplying fish to the local market. The favoured species are carp, tilapia and rainbow trout. Pearl culture seems to be a promising option and a pearl farm has been operating in Milne Bay Province since 1998, raising three species of pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera, P. maxima and P. fucata. Two years ago, off the coast of New South Wales in Australia, a trawler was hit and sunk by a 181-m cargo vessel. This collision revealed the risks that fishing boats face from large vessels and the limits of radar. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has recently issued a leaflet on this problem, from which, with their kind permission, we have extracted some information that fishers may find useful. Enjoy this issue and, as usual, please send us your comments on it. Jean-Paul Gaudechoux |
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