About the Perch Man
The PERCH MAN ABN 42 065 149 145
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Bruce Sambell, often called the Jade Perch Man, or Perch Man, is the founder and designer of Ausyfish
Below is the farm Bruce founded from natural bushland from 1988
Bruce has been involved with fish at a commercial level for over 40 years.
His role as industry consultant has provided cross sector experience at many levels.
Sound advice is available to existing industry participants and especially those considering entering freshwater finfish aquaculture.
Bruce was the industry president during the commercial development of freshwater Australian native fish aquaculture.
Bruce was the industry president during the commercial development of freshwater Australian native fish aquaculture.
He represented the industry on many government committees.
Bruce was the first to breed many species, including sleepy codfreshwater archer fishand a number of exclusive Australian native species.
Bruce was one of the first to breed jade perchin captivity.
He was part of the expedition to capture the first jade perch for breeding in winter 1988.
He has now been consistently breeding jade perch longer than anyone currently in the industry.
Bruce was the president of the Aquaculture Association of Queensland Incfor over 20 years. Bruce was also Vice President of the Queensland Aquaculture Industries Federation Inc., (QAIF) for over 3 years. Bruce sat on the committee of QAIF for over 14 years. Bruce also sat on a number of Government bodies as an industry consultant, including the Queensland Department of State Development and Innovation's Aquaculture Reference Group, the Queensland Freshwater Management Advisory Committee, the Translocation Sub-Committee for freshwater fish, and Queensland's Stocked Impoundment Permit Scheme Sub-Committee. (An advisory body for stocking freshwater fish in lakes and rivers throughout Queensland for recreational anglers.) He was also the industry "food safety" representative for a number of years.He also sat on several regional advisory bodies, including, the Fisheries Regional Development Committee for Hervey Bay and the Fisheries Regional Development Committee, Bundaberg.As part of his role as industry leader he coordinated dozens major aquaculture conferences and training workshops.
In 1999 Bruce was made “Patron” for ANGFA ACT., Australian New Guinea Fishes Association.
In 2000 he was appointed to the, “working group” for the Conservation Genetics Inventory Project for Murray Darling River Fish.
Bruce was fundamental in the introduction of the Freshwater Finfish Commercial Hatchery Code of Practice
In September 2000 the WWF, (World Wild Life Fund) hosted a workshop for the Murray-Darling Basin Authority.
The workshop was attended by Bruce.
Stocking fingerlings was identified as a potential threat to the fish of the river basins.
Disease, genetic pollution, and unwanted translocations were considered to be major threats to the natural populations of native fish.
It was also a significant concern that there was no means of identifying hatcheries from other aquaculture sites.
This workshop identified the need for a hatchery accreditation process for businesses producing fingerlings for stocking open waters.
On August 15th 2006 Bruce presented a paper to the Queensland Government resulting in support and funding from the Queensland Government to develop a commercial hatchery code of practice.
As the President of the Aquaculture Association of Queensland Inc.,
Bruce guided the development of this industry code of practice.
Some other codes of practice introduced by Bruce include, Queensland Freshwater Finfish Environmental Code of Practice, the Queensland Aquaculture Food Safety Plan.
Also a freshwater finfish disease free certification scheme.
This scheme, the Fish Health Certification Program (FHCP) was developed with the cooperation of all the east coast states of Australia.
The members area has detailed information about jade perch, including growing and disease management click for more
According to the Cambridge Dictionary an expert is, "a person with a high level of knowledge or skill relating to a particular subject"
My advice is based on over 40 years experience andhands on practice
What is the difference between a good consultant and a bad consultant?
A bad consultant thinks he knows everything.
A good consultant knows he does not know everything, but he knows where to get the answers for you.
Three levels of consulting services are available to clients starting from au$25.00
level 1. Members area of this web site from au$25.00 click for more details
Level 2 SITE VISIT au$480.00 per day plus expenses
Available to existing and potential growers of Australian freshwater fish.
Advice is based on over 40 years experience and hands on practice.
Many clients use this as an opportunity to have staff trained in better fish handling practices, including how to condition brood fish and spawn Australian perch.click for more details
Level 3 Premium Service 12 months consulting au$6,340.00.
One on-site visit for South East Asian countries including Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Laos, Indonesia and nearby countries.
(Australian east coast states including South Australia, au$3,140.00.)
All travel, accommodation and out-of-pocket expenses are included, no more to pay.
You can email, phone or message with questions during the 12 months up to 200 times.
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Also included are all the secvices listed for level 2
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