It is good to know where your food comes from. Sushi is very popular, but not everyone knows how to catch tuna. My daughter landed a big one on Saturday. I was reminded of the proverb – Give me a fish and I eat for a day, teach me to … [Read more...] about Teaching Weekend Fishing
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Shark Baiting Already a Reality in Queensland
THERE has been much commotion in the Australian media about the Western Australian government’s plans to introduce drum lines to cull an increasing shark population. While the ABC has been interviewing experts from around the world about the … [Read more...] about Shark Baiting Already a Reality in Queensland
Fishing Lobby Trumps Murray Cod Recovery (The Native Fish Strategy for the Murray Darling Ten Years On: Part 3)
THE key recommendation in the Native Fish Strategy for the Murray Darling Basin 2003-2013 – a document developed by the Murray Darling Basin Commission, (MDBC) and adopted by the Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) – was the need to address the … [Read more...] about Fishing Lobby Trumps Murray Cod Recovery (The Native Fish Strategy for the Murray Darling Ten Years On: Part 3)
The Native Fish Strategy for the Murray Darling Ten Years On (Part 2)
HUNDREDS of millions of dollars have been spent on fishways, resnagging, riparian revegetation, not to mention the billions for water buyback, all recommendations of the Native Fish Strategy for the Murray Darling Basin 2003-2013 [1]. Those who … [Read more...] about The Native Fish Strategy for the Murray Darling Ten Years On (Part 2)
The Native Fish Strategy for the Murray Darling Ten Years On (Part 1)
IT is ten years since the launch of the ‘Native Fish Strategy for the Murray Darling Basin 2003-2013’ [1]. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on the program including to re-snag the main channel of the Murray River with microchip … [Read more...] about The Native Fish Strategy for the Murray Darling Ten Years On (Part 1)
How Scientific Ideas Become Fashionable (Part 2)
MICHAEL Crichton wrote the Oscar-winning science fiction adventure Jurassic Park. But screen writing was not his first career, he studied medicine at Harvard, and later in life became very concerned about environmentalism and science, and the … [Read more...] about How Scientific Ideas Become Fashionable (Part 2)
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.