HAPPY TUNA AGAIN

BY MATTHEW BRACE, in SydneyAUSTRALIAN scientists are experimenting with an early warning device that monitors water quality in tuna cages and phones its vital information back to shore. The aim of the machine is to save the fish farming industry in Australia and others around the world millions of dollars. The slightest change in conditions can wipe out valuable marine stocks.The prototype, designed and built by engineering technical staff at Flinders University in South Australia, consists of a sensor probe and data logger housed in a buoy. The probe takes ...


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