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Update on PNG aquaculture project to improve industry and benefit local population

ANSTO

Researchers from UNSW, Papua New Guinea (PNG), DPI Fisheries NSW and NSW Crawford funding partners attended a meeting at ANSTO, Lucas Heights, in late July for an update on work to improve the genetically-improved farmed tilapia industry in PNG and a farmer engagement project supported by the Crawford Fund and UNSW.

Researcher Joshua Noiney, an Aquaculture Officer at the whose study and training have been supported by the (ACIAR) with a based at UNSW, UNSW philanthropic funding, an ANSTO , as well as a allocation, described his work to expand inland aquaculture in PNG. The main focus of his presentation was on stakeholder engagement that was funded during COVID-19 lockdowns by the Crawford Fund and UNSW.

Joshua Noiney and Narelle Hegarty
Narelle Hegarty with Joshua Noiney examine fish samples in the Istopes lab at ANSTO
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