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Boat Fix at d'Albora Marinas Akuna Bay
boatfixBoat Fix at d'Albora Marinas Akuna Bay would like to take this opportunity to inform you the travel lift will be unavailable for a six week period commencing 30th April 2012.
 
Boat skills: How to use spring lines

boat_skillsIn this demonstration of the use of a spring line in a bow-to scenario, you are on luxury charter boat Aussie Princess.

 
LED company to illuminate prawn bycatch project

prawnsA Tasmanian company which creates high-end LED lighting systems has teamed up with researchers at the Australian Maritime College (AMC) in a bid to substantially reduce the capture of unwanted fish in prawn trawls.

 
Sawfish: there's biological wi-fi in their weapon.

sawfish_thumbnailResearch carried out by The University of Western Australia in an international collaboration for an aquarium fish collector based in Cairns has uncovered that, contrary to previous assumptions, a sawfish's saw can actually sense electric fields to locate and attack prey.

 
Smartphone app to hook fishing facts fast

fishing_appOne of Victoria's favourite recreational family activities has gone high-tech with a new free smart phone application making it easier to access a myriad of facts about fishing in Victoria.

 
Swift action nets illegal turtle

red_eared_turtleQuick thinking by a member of the public has netted one of the world's most invasive turtle species, the red-eared slider turtle.

 
From Bass Strait to the Indian Ocean - tracking a current

bass_straightDeployed in 2010 and 2011, the gliders have also profiled a 200-metre tall wall of water at the core of long-lived ocean eddies formed from the East Australian Current.

 
Follow the rules when grabbing a crab this summer

Two local commercial fishers have been allegedly caught interfering with set fishing gear in Port Stephens, as a result of a recent compliance operation conducted by NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) fisheries officers.

 
High School students test winning design

PortProject_smallStudents from Kings Meadows High School have celebrated winning an AMC ship and port design competition.