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Nurturing Pacific and Indigenous aquaculture
A session on aquaculture development by Pacific Islanders and Indigenous Australians is being sponsored by ACIAR at the Australasian Aquaculture 2012 conference in Melbourne on Thursday 3 May 2012.

PNG and Pacific Nuis
Get the latest on ACIAR-supported initiatives in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific in the recent issue of PNG and Pacific Nuis produced by ACIAR’s PNG Country office.

Pacific island pearls
An ACIAR program supporting development of the cultured pearl industries in Fiji and Tonga is helping communities develop the skills they need to participate in this lucrative industry.

Pacific lessons for Indigenous Australians
A group of people from Indigenous communities in north Western Australia are further down the track to developing a new mariculture industry following a course recently supported by ACIAR.

$10 million to boost agribusiness in the Pacific
Australia will provide $10 million over four years to improve marketing opportunities and boost agribusiness in the Pacific through the Pacific Agribusiness Research for Development Initiative.

Pacific urged to develop niche markets
A new economic report has warned that the 14 Pacific Island nations and East Timor need to develop niche markets for quality agricultural products to help build economic resilience.