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Sunday, July 03

Crustacean sensation: Gene discovery might mean bigger prawns on the menu

Australians may soon be lapping up bigger prawns at Christmas after Queensland scientists successfully mapped the genome of the crustacean’s most iconic species.

Meet the prawn trawler crew now making a living 1000km from the coast

When the coronavirus pandemic virtually sent Australia into lockdown, the demand for prawns plummeted and trawlers were sent to the docks for the foreseeable future.

Already reeling, seafood industry rocked by white spot outbreak in Logan

White spot disease has returned to southeast Queensland more than three years since the devastating prawn disease was first detected.

It's not the Easter of old, but seafood suppliers set for timely boost

Seafood suppliers, fish markets and trawlers have been hit hard by the impacts of coronavirus but Queenslanders’ love of seafood and unusually low prices have given the industry a temporary boost.