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Fishingforpearls Forrelease:13/08/2013

ReportaWillieCreektaggedbarramundiandwina$100WillieCreekPearlsgiftvouchervalidfor SouthSeaCulturedPearlpurchases.

KimberleyTrainingInstitute(KTI),Recfishwest andWillieCreekPearlsareexcitedto announceaninitiativetoencouragesupport ofresearchforthelatestbarramundirelease intoWillieCreek. InJuly2013,KTIandRecfishwestreleased500 juvenilebarramundiintoWillie.Theaimof thereleaseistoenhancetherecreational fishingexperienceassociatedwithfishingin WillieCreek,aswellasdiscovermoreonthe movement,growth,abundanceandsurvival ofBarramundiinthelocalsystem. Allfishhaveauniquelynumberedtagwith
KTI'sJeffCooperandDarrenBanfieldfromWillieCreekPearls

theBroomeAquacultureCentresdetails. Anglersfortunateenoughtocatchoneofthe taggedfishshouldcontacttheBACwithdetailsofthebarramundislength,thegenerallocation,dateof captureandthetagnumber. ByreportingthesedetailstotheBroomeAquacultureCentre,thereporterwinsa$100WillieCreek PearlsgiftvouchervalidforSouthSeaCulturedPearlpurchases.

JeffCooper,PortfolioManagerforKTIsaidWerethrilledthatWillieCreekPearlFarmisencouraging thepublictocomeforwardandreportthesetaggedbarramundi.Releasingfishlikebarramundiback intotheirhabitatprovidesthecommunitywithagreatopportunitytoenjoythechancetocatchoneof Australiasmostfavouriterecreationalfish.Furthermoreactivitieslikethisenhancethetourism experienceandvalueofvisitingaplacelikeWillieCreek. RyanGardiner,GeneralManageratWillieCreekPearlssaidWillieCreekPearlsisdelightedtobe involvedwithRecfishwestandKimberleyTrainingInstitute.Itisveryexcitingtohavethesefishreleased intothecreekandwelookforwardtodoingevenmorewithRecfishwestandKimberleyTraining Instituteinthenearfuture.Weseethisasthestartofaverylongandexcitingrelationship.

RecfishwestChiefExecutiveOfficerDrAndrewRowlandsaidthatreleasingtheseiconicfishisan importantstepforwardforfishstockenhancementactivitiesinthenorthandreinforcesthe governmentscommitmenttosupportingrecreationalfishingacrossWA. Weareexcitedtoseerecreationalfishinglicencemoneygoingbackintorecreationalfishingtoproduce tangiblebenefitsforthecommunity,DrRowlandsaid. ResultsfromlastyearsWoodsidefundedstockenhancementofBarramundiintoDampiercreekhas beenoutstandingwithcloseto50fishbeingreportedincludingonefishthatwascaughtand successfullyreleasedtwice. ### FormoreinformationcontactJeffCooper,PortfolioManageratKimberleyTrainingInstituteon9192 9143oremailJeffrey.Cooper@kti.wa.edu.au.

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