17 April 2011
We started our Kenmore stay with a tour of the Gold Coast prawn aquaculture farm. The business is a huge farm and facility with a fully integrated tiger prawn farming operation. In addition to the numerous prawn ponds, they also have a deep water holding pond to fill whatever areas of the farm need water. They also breed their own tiger prawn to stock their ponds. We were also given a tour of the Port of Brisbane by Victoria from the Australian VTT that just visited south Louisiana. We were able to view the mangroves along the port and visit the port's expansion and rock wall area. The port uses reclaimed dredge material with rock walls to build new land for expansion. We then spent two days with Mary from the Australian VTT and Queensland Fisheries. We went to the Gold Coast where we boarded a boat for the day to view fish habitats and protected areas in southern Moreton Bay. The following day we attended a fisheries meeting with members of Queensland Fisheries. Quenton and I gave presentations on our research and south Louisiana fisheries and listened to talks about lungfish and artificial reefs in Australia. We ended our stay in Kenmore with a dinner at Australian VTT leader Alan and his wife Lucy's house. Quenton did some cajun cooking and Alan broke everyone into teams and had a south Louisiana/Australia quiz with prizes for the winners.
-Chris
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| Port of Brisbane |
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| Tiger prawn |
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| Mangrove habitat |
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| Queensland Fisheries |
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| Kenmore Rotary and VTT |
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