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Professor Tim Dempster
Sustainable Aquaculture Laboratory – Temperate and Tropical (SALTT), School of BioSciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne
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Sciences & Technology
Genomics, gene-editing and the Blue Revolution
Advances in genomic and gene-editing technologies are giving aquaculture a much more precise way of making disease resistant fish and shellfish
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Environment
Helping fish fight their own battles
Researchers have discovered fish have an innate ability to avoid parasite infection, paving the way for new methods to prevent outbreaks in farmed populations
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Sciences & Technology
Farmed salmon are deaf – and now we know why
Scientists have discovered why fast-growing farmed salmon are three times more likely to be partially deaf than their wild relatives
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Sciences & Technology
Farmed salmon hard of hearing
A surprising discovery has implications for fish farming and fish conservation programs
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Environment
Meet Australia’s newest freshwater fish
Reseachers discover 20 new species in the remote Kimberley region
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Environment
Discovered: A treasure trove of new fish
Researchers have found 20 new species of freshwater fish in the remote Kimberley region - and had to fend off an angry crocodile in the process