SORRY – THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN SOLD Recirculating aquaculture systems are an extremely water efficient way of growing a large number of fish in a small amount of water with a small land footprint. Water is constantly recirculated being filtered, purified and reinvigorated by the system. Now due to retirement of the owners the complete…
Author: Robert McCormack
Drain Harvesting a Yabby Pond
Commercial semi-intensive yabby ponds are gravity drainable. This is achieved by installing 150 mm PVC sewer pipe into the pond base at time of construction. For commercial ponds construction information see “The Commercial Yabby Farmer”. Yabby ponds are easily drained by removing the stand pipe and allowing the water to flow out. In NSW the…
Purging Blue Claw Yabbies, Cherax destructor and building a basic purging/holding system
Purging is a process where yabbies are stored and starved to allow the contents of their digestive system to be evacuated. The aim is to have the stomach and hindgut or wasteline through the tail empty before transport and sale. Purged and graded yabbies are generally considered superior to wild catch yabbies and attract a premium…
Disused yabby or fish farm wanted
Got an old yabby or fish farm with ponds in the paddock that are not being used anymore. Would you like to lease those ponds or property out to a commercial farmer? Get paid each week and do nothing, letting someone else do all the work, you just take the money, if that’s of interest…
Commercial Packaging of Live Yabbies for Dispatch by Commercial Courier – 2. Dam Stock and Bait, etc.
If you are despatching live yabbies and they need to be alive at the other end and stay alive long after receipt then the packaging of those yabbies is critical for success transport. There are a number of different methods, this is just one way. These are the critical steps you will need to follow…
Commercial Packaging of Live Yabbies for Dispatch by Commercial Courier – 1. Restaurant Grade
If you are despatching live yabbies and they need to be alive at the other end and stay alive long after receipt then the packaging of those yabbies is critical for successful transport. These are the critical steps you will need to follow to ensure successful live transportation of restaurant grade yabbies: 1. Yabbies need…
Using a Super Yabby Trap
These traps are only for use by commercial yabby farmers for commercial harvest, they are traps that are designed to catch everything and lots of everything. They are CATEGORICALLY BANNED from use in Public Waters. Super traps are approximately 14 m long. They are made up of approximately 25 separate chambers, each with its own…
Preparing an Eel Trap for use
Eel traps come in two colours either black or green, it makes no difference to the eels and just depends on what is available on the day. Traps are made in China, and it’s hard to designate and ensure we only get one colour. However, the colour of the trap makes no difference to the…
Perimeter Fencing a Yabby Pond
Semi-intensive commercial yabby farming produces quantities of yabbies at far higher densities than occurs naturally in the wild. Ponds are built to specifications that suit the yabbies, shelter is added and food is supplied. All this is inducive to growing large numbers of yabbies quickly. Now the yabby Cherax destructor is one of the few…
Gill Net Slung 8ft x 25yards
Gill Net Currently Out Of Stock 125 and 150 mm nets Slung 8ft x 25yds 100mm Mesh: $52.50 each 125mm Mesh: $52.00 each 150mm Mesh: $52.50 each Click on pic for larger size PRODUCT OPTIONS 4″ x 25yds $52.00 each 5″ x 25yds $52.00 each 6″ x 26yds $52.50 each
Cast Net Nylon 9 x ¾ inch
Cast Net Nylon 9′ x ¾” Single Price: $98.00 each Click on pic for larger size PRODUCT OPTIONS Single Unit $98.00 each
Prawn Scoop Net (Aluminium Handle)
Prawn Scoop Net (Aluminium Handle) Single Price: $18.50 each Click on pic for larger size PRODUCT OPTIONS Single Unit $18.50 each
Fish Gloves Orange
Fish Gloves Color Orange Single Price: $5.80 each Bundle 3: $4.95 each Click on pic for larger size VOLUME OPTIONS Single Unit $5.80 each 3 Off Bundle $4.95 each
THE FRESHWATER CRAYFISH OF NSW, AUSTRALIA
THE FRESHWATER CRAYFISH OF NSW, AUSTRALIA By Robert B McCormack ISBN: 0 978-0-9805144-1-4 138 Full Colour Pages SORRY, CURRENTLY SOLD OUT – NEW EDITION DUE LATE 2016 The Freshwater Crayfish of NSW is a full colour guide to all of the 41 species identified in NSW. Each of these species has full colour photographs plus…
THE WATERBUG BOOK
THE WATERBUG BOOK A Guide to the Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of Temperate Australia John Gooderham & Edward Tsyrlin 240 pages Colour photographs, Glossary, Bibliography, Index ISBN: 9780643066687 Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING Winner of the 2003 Eureka Science Book Prize and the 2003 Whitley Medal. Freshwater macroinvertebrates provide a useful and reliable indicator of the health of our…