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The PERCH MAN ABN 42 065 149 145

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Do you know the difference between a good and a bad consultant? A bad consultant knows everything. A good consultant knows, he does not know everything, but he knows where to get accurate information for you.

Bruce Sambell, often called the Jade Perch Man, or Perch Man, is the founder and designer of Ausyfish 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 has gained considerable experience over the years as the commercial development of Australian native freshwater fish developed. Bruce was the first to breed many species, including sleepy cod freshwater archer fish, and a number of Australian native freshwater fish. Bruce was one of the first to ever spawn jade perch He has now been breeding them continually, longer than anyone currently in the industry. Bruce was the founding president of the Aquaculture Association of Queensland Inc (AAQ) (For about 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. As part of his role as industry leader he coordinated many major aquaculture conferences and training workshops. He also sat on several regional advisory bodies, including, the Fisheries Regional Development Committee for Hervey Bay and the Fisheries Regional Development Committee, Bundaberg.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

By engaging or paying for consulting services, you accept these terms and conditions. Any fish handled or dealt with in any way, by Bruce Sambell, (The Perch Man) or any of his associates, colleagues or employees are entirely at the client's risk. Bruce Sambell, or any of his associates, colleagues or employees shall not be responsible or liable for any fish losses whatsoever or agents, nor any employee shall be responsible or liable for any loss, damage or injury to any fish. All persons including corporate entities should consider all available information.You are solely responsible to confirm any information provided by Bruce Sambell, (The Perch Man) his associates colleagues or employees, and to consider all other sources of information available. Any information provided should be considered as one of many information resources available. Full terms and conditions here.

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Learn how to breed and grow Australian native freshwater fish. 

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Consultanting options and fees. There are three levels of service.

LEVEL 1  -  Members area of this web site. You can sign up for one day, three months or one year, from AUD$25.00. You will have access to detailed information about jade perch, silver perch, Murray cod etc. Over 30 years hands on experience is posted in this area. I, Bruce Sambell, AKA the Perch Man, have often been told I should write a book. These days the electronic world is the first place people tend to go for information. Therefore I decided to put my knowledge, as well as other peoples knowledge that is relevant to Australian native species, all in one place, the "members area" of this web site.

To access this area of the jadeperch web site click on "membership" on the top menu bar. Once you have signed up you will notice that the "membership" button on the menu bar now has a "Technical Information" drop down list. Just click on Technical Information, and you are in.

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LEVEL 2  -  Site visit, (I visit your facility.) is available to existing and potential growers of Australian freshwater fish. Advice is based on over 30 years experience and hands on practice. Many clients use this as an opportunity to have staff trained in better fish handling practices. The following is a list of services offered.

  • Micro chiping breeder fish
  • Environmental management plans
  • Operating procedures
  • Staff daily task organisers
  • Quarantine protocols
  • Bio-security
  • Daily start-up and close down procedures
  • Codes of practice
  • Disease management plans
  • Customized instructional videos
  • General design and layout
  • Farm design and layout
  • Hatchery procedures
  • Cooperative marketing
  • Site assessment
  • Personalised instructional videos

FEE au$480.00 per day plus travel days. Minimum days on site is three days, plus travel days.

All expenses are additional. Including airfares, (NOTE: For long flights, over 5 hours, business class, or equivalent,  will be booked for one leg of the trip. For over 9 hours business class, or equivalent, for all flights.) meals, accommodation, and out of pocket expenses to be paid by client.

Consulting fee and airfares payable in advance.

 

 LEVEL 3  -  PREMIUM SERVICE 

One fee for 12 months consulting.

ONE FEE

South East Asian countries including Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Laos, Indonesia and nearby countries, au$5,440.00.

Australian east coast states and South Australia, au$3,140.00.

WHAT YOU GET FOR ONE FEE.

I visit your facility anywhere in the eastern states of Australia or South Australia, or most South East Asian countries. One on-site visit per year, up to three days on site. All travel, accomidation and out-of-pocket expences are included. This is for one visit only. If you need me to come more than once during the 12 months, there will not be any consluting fee, you just pay all expenses. You can email, phone or message me during the 12 months up to 200 times. All services listed in LEVEL 2 are also included.

ALSO INCLUDED is 2 years access to all the PREMIUM CLIENT videos. Details below.

new set of videos have/are being uploaded. These videos are for all level 3 clients, new and existing. These videos cover in full detail many subjects including:

> How to condition breeders for spawning
> How to microchip your breeders
> How to take an egg (oocytes) sample
> How to inject ovulating hormone
> Which hormone to use
> How to release larvae into a plankton pond
> How long from injection to releasing larvae into a plankton pond
> How to fertilise a plankton pond
> How to design a plankton pond
> How to breed jade perch
> How to breed silver perch
> How to breed sleepy cod (soon hock)
> How to wean your fry
> How to manage/prevent diseases. With NO antibiotic !
> How to design your hatchery
> Farm design

. . . and many more

INCLUDEDSpecial video requests made to order, AND up to 100 follow up email questions answered.

Click here for details and cost for this service.

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One on-site visit per year, up to three days on site. I visit your site, and offer advice based on my experience including the list below.

  • Staff training. 
  • One year access to members area of on this web site
  • Conslutations by phone, email, or app comunication, up to 100 times per year.
  • Customized (Personalised) instructional videos 
  • General design and layout of aquaculture sheds, facilities, hatchery, purging etc.
  • Farm design and layout
  • Site assessment 
  • Independent Australian standards audits conducted by qualified auditor.
  • Cooperative marketing with other clients in your region
  • Hatchery procedures
  • Document preparation - includes
  • Tailored bio-security/quarantine protocols
  • Environmental manage plans
  • Operating procedures
  • Staff daily task organisers - check lists (Tick sheet)
  • Quarantine protocols
  • Bio-security
  • Daily start-up and close down procedures
  • Codes of practice
  • Disease management plans
  • Customised Disease Management Manual

Currently working with clients in, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, U.S.A., China, Laos, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Cambodia, Queensland, New South Wales, and South Australia. 

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             Managing  farm and hatchery in Queensland 2023                              Meeting in Hong Kong, clients from Mainland China July 2023

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                                                 Working with Hong Kong fisheries department July 2023

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                                              New broodstock jade perch arrive in Malaysia  August 2023                                 

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                          First ever jade perch for Laos arrive July 2023                               Click for video

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                                                     Malaysia July 2022 developing breeding of jade perch

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                                                        Laos July 2022 visit two new jade perch farm sites in Laos.

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                                                          Perth February 2020 - Silver perch grow out facilirty click for video

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                                                      Malaysia December 2019 - Breeding jade perch.

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                                                    Hong Kong December 2019. Introducing business opportunities with other Australian companies.

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Below Jade perch farm near Ipoh Malaysia

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Below working with client breeding program in Ipoh, Malaysia.

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Below left, from left, Mr Phong jade perch grower Malaysia, Darren Emmett Grower from Australia, Perch Man, and Captain Borman jade perch grower from southern Malaysia.

Below right Jade perch farm in Taiwan 

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Below: working with hatcheries and farms in Malaysia. Developing best practices and disease management tools.

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Below unpacking jade perch fry in Malaysia 

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Below, Australian freshwater table fish get attention from James Cook University, Singapore campus, and growers.

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Below left site compliance and  accreditation. Below right. In China, weaning difficult species.

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Below: on site in Hong Kong demonstrating management with video presentation, and practical handeling methods.

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Teaching practical skills to staff in Hong Kong and Malaysia

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BELOW LEFT: Hong Kong Fisheries Department.  RIGHT: Unpacking jade perch in China

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BELOW: Leon Ashby Operations Manager for Queensland Senator Fraser Anning Leon's wife, Jane on the right. Advice on future aquaculture potential in Queensland. 

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Below: Design and construction of fish farms and hatcheries.  

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Below: Spawning Australian native freshwater fish

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Below: Disease management and treatment practices

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Below; Developing management practices

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Many people have entered aquaculture without realising they are starting a business. It’s not just a “side line”, it’s a business on its own. You need to consider; do you have the time to manage a new business?

Do you have the necessary skills to grow fish?

Do you have the time and commitment to learn a new skill?

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CONTACT INFORMATION. Note, due to frequent international travel, phone contact and text messages may be difficult and email replies may be delayed.

WeChat: BrucePerchMan YouTube:  jadeperchman Facebook: Bruce Sambell LinkedIn:   Bruce Sambell
WhatsApp: Bruce Perch Man Viber: Bruce Sambell +61407797149 Telegram: Bruce Sambell Perch Man +61 407 797 149  Premium Client Videos
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS

By viewing this website, or any links from this website, or engaging or paying for consulting services, you accept these terms and conditions.

The information provided by  Bruce Sambell, or any of his associates colleagues or employees, or pages and sub-directories of this website, including videos, are provided as a general service. The information and advice provided is made available in good faith and is derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate at the time. However, the information is provided solely on the basis that persons will be responsible for making their own assessment on any matters contained or discussed herein and are advised to verify all relevant representations, statements, information and advice. Changes in circumstances after material is placed on this website or any links, or videos, may impact on the accuracy of the information. No assurance is given as to the accuracy of any representation, statement, information or advice. Neither Bruce Sambell, nor any of his associates, colleagues or employees accept any responsability for any losses whatsoever or agents, nor any employee shall be responsible or liable for any loss, damage or injury (including death) howsoever caused (whether caused by any negligent or other unlawful act or omission of, or by associates colleagues or employees of Bruce Sambell. No responsability is accepted, for any losses whatsoever, arising from the use of or reliance on any information, data or advice (including incomplete, out-of-date, wrong, inaccurate or misleading information, data or advice): expressed or implied information provided within this website, verbally, or in any links to videos or orther websites, or expressed or implied in, or coming from, any person whosoever associated with Bruce Sambell, or Bruce Sambell himself.

Any information provided here should be considered as one of many information resources available. All persons including corporate entities should consider all available information.

You are solely resopnsable to confirm any information provided by Bruce Sambell, his associates colleagues or employees, and to consider all other sources of information available.

COPYRIGHT   All material contained in this website is subject to copyright.

 

MEMBERS AREA of this web site "MEMBERSHIP"

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Technical Information "Client area" (Last updated 17th October 2024)

 

All my contact details are here

Clients can log in here for technical information on jade perch, silver perch, honey perch, golden perch, sleepy cod, Australian bass, and Murray cod.

The information included here covers many aspects of these species, including habitat information which can be used to fill in some of the knowledge gaps. Information about jade perch goes back to the original "pioneer" growers who started growing jade perch in the 90s in Queensland Australia, the home of the species. This hand full of growers had to learn things the hard way. Their knowledge was built from a base knowledge on silver perch. There had been plenty of quality government research done with silver perch, but almost nothing had been, or ever was done, on jade perch. They learned everything the hard way. Information like, how low the water temperature could go before they stopped growing, and at what temperature would they actually start to die, how many fish to stock, how much to feed them, what is the best food, etc. This knowledge came at a price, by killing fish. This sort of information, as well as over 30 of years personal knowledge, and experience, can be found here The information is constantly being up-dated.

My knowledge is based on over 36 years of aquaculture farming and hatchery production of Australian native fish. I was one of 4 people in the first expidition to central Australia to collected wild jade perch. I was the second person to ever spawn jade perch. I have been breeding consistently, longer that any other person in the industry.

To access this area of the jadeperch web site click on "membership" on the top menu bar. Once you have signed up you will notice that the "membership" button on the menue bar now has a "Technical Information" drop down list. Just click on Technical Information, and you are in.

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Click on this link for a sample of the videos to be found inside the client area.

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Looks like you are interested in becoming a fish farmer.

Many people have entered aquaculture without realising they are starting a business. It’s not just a “side line”, it’s a business on its own. You need to consider; do you have the time to manage a new business?

Do you have the necessary skills to grow fish?

Do you have the time and commitment to learn a new skill?

 click for more

 

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By viewing this website, or any links from this website, including the YouTube links, or viewing any videos contained on jadeperchman YouTube channel, or engaging or paying for consulting services, you agree to accept these terms and conditions.The information provided by  Bruce Sambell, (The Perch Man.) or any of his associates colleagues or employees, or pages and sub-directories of this website, including videos, are provided as a general service. The information and advice provided is made available in good faith and is derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate at the time. However, the information is provided solely on the basis that persons will be responsible for making their own assessment on any matters contained or discussed herein and are advised to verify all relevant representations, statements, information and advice. Changes in circumstances after material is placed on this website or any links, or videos, may impact on the accuracy of the information. No assurance is given as to the accuracy of any representation, statement, information or advice. Neither Bruce Sambell, nor any of his associates, colleagues or employees accept any responsibility for any losses whatsoever or agents, nor any employee shall be responsible or liable for any loss, damage or injury (including death) howsoever caused (whether caused by any negligent or other unlawful act or omission of, or by associates colleagues or employees of Bruce Sambell. No responsibility is accepted, for any losses whatsoever, arising from the use of or reliance on any information, data or advice (including incomplete, out-of-date, wrong, inaccurate or misleading information, data or advice): expressed or implied information provided within this website, verbally, or in any links to videos or other websites, or expressed or implied in, or coming from, any person whosoever associated with Bruce Sambell, or Bruce Sambell himself. Any information provided here should be considered as one of many information resources available. All persons including corporate entities should consider all available information.You are solely responsible to confirm any information provided by Bruce Sambell, his associates colleagues or employees, and to consider all other sources of information available. COPYRIGHT. All material contained in this website is subject to copyright.

LIVESTOCK

By engaging or paying for consulting services, you accept these terms and conditions.Any fish handled or dealt with in any way, by Bruce Sambell, (The Perch Man) or any of his associates, colleagues or employees are entirely at the client's risk. Bruce Sambell, or any of his associates, colleagues or employees shall not be responsible or liable for any fish losses whatsoever or agents, nor any employee shall be responsible or liable for any loss, damage or injury to any fish. All persons including corporate entities should consider all available information.You are solely responsible to confirm any information provided by Bruce Sambell, (The Perch Man) his associates colleagues or employees, and to consider all other sources of information available. Any information provided should be considered as one of many information resources available.

BUYING FISH

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Please note:  Trading terms and conditions apply.
Minimum quantities and minimum order values apply.
All prices are ex farm (Farm gate). Any and all additional costs such as, but not limited to, freight, agents fees, packing expenses, health inspection and certification fees etc., are in addition to the fingerling prices. International sales are GST free.

All international and interstate customers are responsible for their own permits and documentation. The Perch Man will provide any documents requested by the customer. If documents are required by the receiving country or state the customer must advise, in writing, to The Perch Man a request for these documents at least two weeks prior to shipping. All documents, including import permits or import licences, provided to The Perch Man, must be in English. If the customer is required by their country to have an import permit or import licence, a copy must be provided to The perch Man before the order is confirmed. Where a translation is required, such translation must be provided to The Perch Man in PDF format, and translated by an appropriate authority. An order will be considered, "confirmed" once The Perch Man has received any documents required by the receiving country or state, and a 10% deposit has been received. See below for deposit/payment conditions. 
Prior to booking international freight for each shipment, full payment must be received by The Perch Man. Payment by direct deposit only. Funds must be cleared at least 7 business days before shipment. The Perch Man does not guarantee live arrival, unless we deliver ourselves, by bulk road tanker. The owners and staff of The Perch Man are not liable for any financial losses, in any form, or any losses as a result of fish mortalities during transit, no matter what the cause. Insurance of fish in transit is the sole responsibility of the customer. Packing densities are designed to give you the best value for your freight dollar. This will often mean a build up of ammonia and especially CO2. CO2 is the biggest killer of fish during the unpacking process! If you are having trouble with losses when you unpack please contact us for advice. If a fish is alive, in the bag, when it arrives it should stay alive when unpacked, and handled correctly. The owners and staff of The Perch Man will not be held responsible in any way whatsoever, should The Perch Man fail to supply your order of fingerlings/fry, in part, or in total. All bulk orders are counted by weight. The quantity of fish packed in each bag is an average quantity based on the average weight of sample count done under the Aquaculture Association of Queensland accepted industry standard at the time of shipment. (See Commercial Hatchery Code of Best Practice) No claim will be considered. Bulk orders will be confirmed once a deposit has been received. This deposit is not refundable should the order be reduced in quantity, or canceled by the customer. Should the customer be unable to take delivery of their order, in part or in full, any postponed portion of the order shall be subject to prices current for the season delivery is made. Any agreed price is forfeited. In the event The Perch Man is unable to supply the total number of fish during the current spawning season, any payments made by the customer will be carried over to the next spawning season when the balance of the order will be shipped. It is at the sole discretion of The Perch Man to hold the agreed price, or apply the new season price for fish delivered in the next season. The deposit will be credited against the final shipment of the total order. Should the customer be unable to take delivery of any part of the order, this includes lack of correct documentation, the deposit is not refundable. The deposit will be held as a credit in the customer's account for a maximum of two years. If the customer does not accept delivery of the order within two years, the deposit is forfeited. All shipments must be paid in full at least seven days before the anticipated shipping date. In the event the shipment is canceled by the customer, for any reason, any payments are not refundable. Any costs associated with the cancellation will be deducted from the payment and the balance will be held as a credit in the customers account.All transactions are in Australian dollars. No compensation is considered as a result of any changes in currency value, regardless of circumstances.The consignment of the goods to the customer constitutes acceptance by The Perch Man's, of the customers offer to purchase from The Perch Man, and the customers agreement to these terms and conditions. This acceptance constitutes a contract with The PerchMan. All such contracts are formed in Childers Queensland Australia. The offerer waives his/her/its rights to be notified of acceptance of the contract.

By placing an order you agree to accept these conditions

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