Archive for August 30th, 2006
Where has all the Marsh Water Gone?
Posted by jennifer, August 30th, 2006 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Water
Comments: 41
It has been suggested that before irrigation runoff into the Macquarie Marshes was 460,000 megalitres and that this has been reduced to 395,000ml by irrigation.
But Ian Mott has argued that pre-settlement runoff into the marshes would have been much less than 460,000ml and most likely less than 395,000ml because much of the upper catchment was [...]
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Farmed Fish are our Future: Conference in Adelaide
Posted by jennifer, August 30th, 2006 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Fishing
Comments: 25
Aquaculture is the fastest growing food producing sector in the world according to those promoting a fish farmer’s conference in Adelaide this week.
Farm Online have reported that there are 1,000 delegates at the conference and aquaculture is being talked-up with conference organising committee chair, Bruce Zippel, saying, “Many Australian primary producers are looking to supplement [...]

