Maritime Museum training vessel

Maritime Museum training vessel

We went out in this boat to the Key Biscayne to fish for kingies for their aquaculture hatchery a couple of years back.  Was a shocking trip as the weather was terrible.  Only got two kingfish too.  Good experience though and it's always good to meet some new crew when you're out fishing.


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Thats our tafe boat

Mon, 2010-08-09 06:51

I was in the aquaculture facility on Thursday for a tour, saw a bunch of YTK's that may have been offspringe from the ones you did get.  Also Mulloway to 2-4ft, apparently they organised a weekend at geraldton way and got the anglers club in on it to supply the original fish.  Then they transported them all back to perth.

 

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Yeah it was a few years ago

Mon, 2010-08-09 10:00

Yeah it was a few years ago that we were there so it could be the case. We only got two and one of them was just a pup but given how quick they grow he'd be right into it by now. I remember having a chat with Rob, one of the hatchery technicians, a little while later and he was planning a future trip so there could be a few extras there now.

 

I heard the story about a Gero trip that took place a few months before we went to the Key Biscayne. I'm guessing they've had another one since then given how long it was ago. This trip sounded like a pretty wild setup. A bunch of guys headed down to the S-Bend for the weekend and setup these big transportable ponds which the fish went into while they were there. Somehow they were then moved onto a truck and transported back to Perth.

 

I wrote an article on the trip for FWA if you're interested in reading up on how it went, can find it --> here <--. Can pick up some good bream lures while you're on the site...

 

What are you studying there mate?

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Marine Tourism - Cert 2

Mon, 2010-08-09 12:53

I will have a read of that article, cheers for that.  Hopefully the Maritime Explorer and I will become well familiar with one another over the next few months, and with any luck over the next 12 months.  If I carry on with the diving and do Cert 3 Next semester, I should be a qualified dive master by the end of it all.  Also the Cert 3 is internationally recognised!

 

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Pretty good read Ben.

Mon, 2010-08-09 13:06

Thanks for that.  The facility looks much the same these days in layout, these days they are focusing on mulloway, pinkies, barra and ytks.  Black bream isnt cost effective they said on the tour.

The permaculture facility was cool also, apparently you can go for a weekend course to learn how to set up a hydroponic garden setup using the waste from a barra tank.

Has been a good course so far, but im looking forward to the summer months when our practical lessons kick off, at the moment its a bit of classroom work while the winter months finish.  Have finished working in a cultural environment, working with colleagues and elements of shipboard safety. Starting marine biol, hospitality, coffee making and first aid.  Later units include snorkelling, open water, advanced open water, sailing, handling a small boat inshore, crew on a ballasted yacht inshore, camps to rotto and woodman pt.  50 hours compulsory work experience within a Marine Tourism environment which should be very interesting.

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Yeah Rob didn't give bream a

Mon, 2010-08-09 20:42

Yeah Rob didn't give bream a good wrap when I was there, same thing, they take too long to mature which doesn't make them cost effective.  They were talking about having a look at YF tuna which would be pretty rad.

 

Course sounds like fun, good mix of everything there.

 

Thx for the comps on the article too

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that brings back memories, I

Mon, 2010-08-09 21:45

that brings back memories, I did a cert 2 in fishing operations out of that boat back in 2003, great fun

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