JCU: Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture

Exciting developments in international research collaboration! 🇵🇭🤝🇦🇺
DOST-PCAARRD and JCU: James Cook University, Australia is working together to strengthen industry resilience through advanced health and production strategies—starting with shrimp aquaculture. A promising step toward sustainable and innovative solutions for tropical industries.

James Cook University Australia visits DOST-PCAARRD to explore proposed PCAARRD-ACIAR collaboration on shrimp research In a strategic effort to champion science, technology, and innovation (STI) in the agriculture, aquatic, and natural resources (AANR) sector through...

Lights, camera... seaweed!
We’re kicking off celebrations for International Seaweed Day with the Seaweed Film Festival at, a night of ocean storytelling, innovation, and salty snacks!
🎬 Featuring White Rock by the GSRF team
🍽️ Q&A + sea urchin uni tasting with their chef
🌊 Short films from across the globe on seaweed, sustainability, and the future of our coasts
📅 June 3rd | 🕖 Evening screening | 📍 JCU Townsville
🎟️ Tickets available now!
👉 Grab your seat:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/international-seaweed-day-film-festival-tickets-1341408511969?aff=ebdsshcopyurl

It’s time for a double celebration! Join us for a fun filled and educational event, celebrating both National Barramundi Day and International Edible Insect Day! Enjoy delicious Barra burgers, participate in games and competitions and have a good time! #NationalBarramundiDay #InternationalEdibleInsectDay

The research and photography talent in the CSTFA blew us away this year! Here are some more of the fantastic entries we received under the Aquaculture and Animal Health Research Theme :

1- “Are you looking at me?” Coral trout broodstock at the Company One by Jan Strugnell
2- “Hey I don’t know either why I am golden!” Golden colouration in barramundi, Mainstream Aquaculture by Dean Jerry
3- “Knee-deep”: Collecting barramundi skin mucus samples for my PhD project on an aquaculture farm! by Varsha Balu
4- Reunited After Two Months of Being A(b)lone by Roy Barkan
5- Cascading Dye by Jessica Zacharuk
6- “You are what you eat” – Juvenile abalone (Haliotis midae) develop varying shell colouration depending on their diet, Seaweeds Gracilaria and Ulva produce red and blue respectively, while formulated feeds tend to produce a white shell. The shell at this age can therefore tell you a little about the diets consumed during weening, by Mark Cyrus
7- Gastric Mill of Proventriculus Spiny Lobster (Panulirus ornatus) by Muhsinul Ihsan
 
Find out more about Aquaculture and Animal Health research in the CSTFA here: https://lnkd.in/g9FVy_vP

A big congratulations to all of our members who shared their research with us through photography for National Science Week and thanks to all who stopped by on Friday! The winners have been selected by popular vote and they are
🥇Joint 1st place: Nathan Hammel & Ken Sunada 
🥈 2nd place: Maria Andrade-Martinez
🥉 3rd place: Madeleine Sjoelund
A very special mention to Nathan and Ken who additionally came 1st and 2nd in the CSE Art of Science competition with their photos.
Swipe to see the winning photos!

Nate’s photo is called “”Small Lobster, Big Plans: Discovering the key to formulated feeds in ornate lobster aquaculture”

Ken’s photo shows “Research with Asparagopsis, a red seaweed containing a bioactive bromoform which inhibits the enzyme that causes methane formation in ruminant livestock such as cows. Methane is a greenhouse gas 28 times more potent that carbon dioxide and accounts for 15% of total greenhouse gas emissions.” The picture is of Asparagopsis shaped into a cow!

Maria has shared with us a fantastic Antarctic Diatom!

“Every Day is Like Christmas When You Work with Seaweed” says 3rd place winner Madeleine Sjoelund
“This image is a representation created using three different macroalgae species: Ulva ohnoi (used for the presents and star), Caulerpa sp. (forming the tree), and Asparagopsis taxiformis (as the pompoms). The star and presents carefully cut out from Ulva sp. sheets. The photograph, also taken under a microscope at 2X magnification.”

Are you a passionate Bachelor or postgraduate student in Marine or Environmental Science? 🌊

Seize the opportunity to gain hands-on experience at the Kimberley Marine Research Station!

Contribute to vital research projects, assist in aquaculture operations, and work in an operational algae lab—all under the guidance of our experienced Field Research Officers.

Don’t miss out on this chance to make an impact. For more details and application instructions, visit the link below!

| Kimberley Marine Research Station (kmrs.com.au)

We hope you can join us this Friday 16th August 11.30am-1.30pm to celebrate National Science week at The Science Place, Townsville Campus.

Voting will be open to choose your favorite image in the CSTFA photo competition and enjoy Art of Science and Bake Your Research.

👨‍🍳📷🎨See you there!🎨📷👨‍🍳

There’s still time to get those research photos in for the CSTFA Photo Comp! 📸

How to Enter:
- Search through your SD card, Instagram history, hard drive, etc. for a great research photo
- Write a one line description to describe your photo
- Submit your entry to [email protected] before August 14th

🏆 There are great prizes for the top 3 entries and the top 10 shortlisted entries will be on display at “The Art of Science” at JCU on August 16th.

Congratulations Jan and Sally on this recognition of your fantastic research!

Octopus and Ice Sheet - Finalist, 2024 Eureka Prize for Excellence in InterDisc Scientific Research Finalist, Aspire Scholarship Eureka Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific ResearchUnexplained genetic links between octopus populations brough...

Have you got your photo ready for the CSTFA photo comp yet? The photo competition is part of the CSE National Science week events on August 16th!

🌊📷You have until the 14th to send your photo to [email protected] so search through your harddrive for that gorgeous field work action shot or hard-won lab success! 📷🔬