CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL NEWS
Action in the industry
BLUEFIN TUNA Food for thought
NATIVE AUSTRALIAN FISH The Granite Belt Fish Hatchery
10 OCEAN LAW: AQUACULTURE OVER THE HORIZON Ready? Set? Action!
11 THE COST OF FOREIGN OYSTER RECALLS Why bring tainted seafood to NZ?
12 ACROSS THE DITCH Overheads killing the industry?
13 OTAGO UNIVERSITY'S SUCCESSFUL WHITEBAIT TRIAL Inanga trials could lead to cashcrop
15 MTI SAVE NATIVE GIANT KOKOPU FROM EXTINCTION Whitebait breeding now in third generation
BLUEFIN TUNA – LOVE KIWI TUCKER
FISH OFFER VALUABLE LESSONS
NATIVE AUSSIE
TAINTED OYSTERS REMAIN A THREAT
THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF NEW ZEALAND AQUACULTURE A newly hatched Giant Kokopu ON THE COVER: ISSUE 49 ■ SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2012 $5.00
WHITEBAIT TRIALS: the latest successes
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EDITOR: Keith Ingram
ISSN 1176-5402 ISSN 1176-8657 (web)
An informative journal for the aquaculture industry
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