Fish of the Day: Cookie Cutter Shark
Today’s fish of the day is Isistius brasiliensis, the Cookie-cutter shark. Found throughout the world’s deep oceans and growing to only 50 cm long, this tiny shark packs a surprisingly nasty set of teeth. It can open its jaws almost 90 degrees forming its mouth into a suction-cup. Though no-one has […]
New Industry Liaison Officer
Danait Ghebrezgabhier has been appointed as the new AFMA-SETFIA Liaison Officer. Her arrival follows Andrew Trappett’s departure after a successful 15 month tenure. Danait has worked at AFMA since 2009, has come from a zoology background and has experience working in compliance planning, research administration and several fisheries. She is currently studying towards a Masters of Applied Science in […]
Lost buoy finds its way home
SETFIA member Wayne Cheers was recently out seining for flathead 50 kilometers east of Lakes Entrance (Victoria) and was stumped when his gear tangled with a strange plastic yellow device floating freely on the surface . Wayne retrieved the barnacle encrusted plastic cone and set out to find why a black cylinder attached to it was beeping […]
Electric Torpedo Ray – Fish of the Day
Today’s fish is known to pack a shocking surprise – the Short-tail Torpedo Ray (Torpedo macneilli). The Short-tail Torpedo Ray has rows of modified muscle cells, known as electocytes, throughout its disc. These cells act like miniature batteries and are capable of releasing a series of shocks equivalent in voltage to four car batteries. There are […]
Porcupine Pufferfish – Fish of the Day
Today’s fish is a prickly customer – the Porcupine Pufferfish. The slow swimming porcupine fish has the ability to inflate its body by swallowing water – making its body rounder. This increase in size reduces the range of potential predators that can swallow it to only those with much bigger mouths. A second defense mechanism is also […]
Fish of the Day – Lightfish
Our Fish of the Day was spat out of the mouth of a gemfish caught by one of our members from 400 metre deep water off the coast of Victoria. Lightfish (of the family Phosicthyidae) are small, common, mid-water fishes of the deep sea. They are highly bioluminescent, meaning they glow-in-the-dark and have a row of […]
US tightens laws on “forced labour” seafood
US President Barack Obama may soon consider a bill that would ban the importation of products linked to forced labour, which could include seafood from Thailand. The U.S. Tariff Act (1930) already gives customs officials the authority to reject and block imports of products suspected to be produced with slave labour. However, the law contains […]
Fish of the Day – Endo’s Goosefish
Check out this interesting fish recently caught by one of our trawlers working off the Victorian coast. Looking like the devil himself, this is Endo’s Goosefish (Lophiodes endoi, also known by some people as monkfish) which is a deepwater member of the anglerfish family of fishes. Growing to 38cm, this species can be found around […]
What do Melbourne’s Best Fish & Chip Shops Have in Common?
Melbourne’s Australian Seafood Fish and Chippery has taken out top spot in The Age’s Goodfood Best Fish and Chips 2016. This doesn’t come as a surprise because they made the top 10 in the Herald Sun in January last year. Social media seems to agree with perfect 5/5 Facebook reviews, 5/5 from Trip Advisor and even […]
Charities ranked for reputation
The Charity Reputation Index is produced each year by research consultants AMR, which also produces the annual Corporate Reputation Index, Country Reputation Index and City Reputation Index. The Charity Reputation Index collates insight directly from consumers, and does not rely on any information provided by the organisations being studied. The list of the Top 40 […]