Published 2006
“…The workshop was conducted at Gregory Springs Farm, Northampton from 16 to 18 November 2005 through funding provided by the Indigenous
Land Corporation, the Mid West Development Commission, Central West College of TAFE, Desert Knowledge CRC and the Centre for Sustainable Mine Lakes.The primary goals of the workshop were to:promote an opportunity to start developing a network of aboriginal people, technical experts and farmers involved in integrated aquaculture to identify effective approaches to build capacity of aboriginal people to develop sustainable enterprises on integrated aquaculture;enhance the technical knowledge and understanding of integrated aquaculture by aboriginal participants and create an opportunity for the Collie aboriginal participants to network with other aboriginal people involved in or interested in aquaculture ventures;introduce inland integrated aquaculture to aboriginal people and farmers to aid in the development and implementation of local opportunities for income diversification;start building a database with aboriginal people and farmers inputs regarding their needs and challengers to develop potential aquaculture business;The workshop comprised a two day course in integrated aquaculture, delivered by CSML, Muresk Institute and TAFE staff and Mr Frank Mauger, Gregory Springs Farm, for Aboriginal community members from South West and Mid West Aboriginal communities. …”
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