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

The secret lives of farmed fish

A new study finds that monitoring the behaviour of farmed fish using tags can provide scientists with important information – but it can also create welfare issues

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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