The Fish Vet's Blog

After much demand for more fish vets in different locations, next week we’re establishing a fish veterinarian representative in the Sydney/Gosford area.

Meet Dr Lucie Nedved, who is a small animal veterinarian with a special interest in aquatic species. She currently manages a large zebrafish facility in Sydney including overseeing the veterinary care and breeding programs. She has experience with aquatic species including fish, amphibians and reptiles as well as specialised experience in artificial breeding of zebrafish including in-vitro fertilization and sperm freezing. She is a member of the Zebrafish Husbandry Association and regularly contributes to meetings involving aquatic species in the laboratory animal setting. Dr Nedved lectures regularly at The University of Sydney and The University of NSW.

We welcome her to not just any fish vet team, but The Fish Vet’s Team.

We are available to take bookings from this Sunday (4 December) onwards.

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Yours sincerely,

Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.

Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | SYDNEY |TOWNSVILLE
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.

Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 421 822 383

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Yours sincerely,

Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.

Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.

Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 421 822 383

From time to time, fish can go off feed, sometimes for unknown reasons. It is important to start giving nutritional support within 1-2 weeks if fish stop eating.

In this case, our catfish patient also developed buoyancy disorder, floating at the top of the tank.

In this video, we demonstrate the procedure for force-feeding fish, and aspiration of excess gas from its swimbladder, along with other medical support.

Watch how we do it at this link.

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Yours sincerely,

Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.

Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.

Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.

http://www.thefishvet.com.au

Ph: +61 421 822 383

Q: Why did the rockmelon roll around in the river?

A: Because he wanted to be a watermelon! 

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Q: Why did Moray call The Fish Vet? 

A: Because he was feeling eel.

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This presentation will provide some background information on the epidemiology of the disease caused by cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3), and will then consider the major questions that arise whenever the use of CyHV-3 is promoted as a biocontrol agent, including why it is necessary to control carp in Australia, whether it will be effective and safe to use, and what virus strain(s) will be used.

Presenter: Dr McColl is a veterinarian with training in virology, immunology, pathology and molecular biology. After completing a pathology residency and PhD at Cornell University, he joined CSIRO-Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) in 1990, and the Fish Group (at AAHL) in 2000, and is involved with KHV research that has been funded by the Invasive Animals of CRC, since 2007.

When?
Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time (AEDT) – Tuesday, December 6, 2016, at 10:00AM

To find out more and to register for this webinar click here.

To see upcoming webinars click here.

To view past webinars click here.

Dr Richmond Loh, aka The Fish Vet (and sometimes The Fish Doctor), is a fish enthusiast, an aquatic veterinarian and a fish pathologist. He has kept fishes from his early years and continues to do so now, and into the future. His continued dedication to improving the health and welfare of fishes is exemplified by the course of studies he has undertaken and the countless hours of continuing education. He has been providing veterinary services to fish keepers, breeders, retailers, public aquaria, and farmers since 2002, starting in Tasmania. Now based in Perth, Western Australia, his reach is Australia-wide with The Fish Vet representatives in Melbourne, Sydney and Townsville.

Need professional health care for your fishes who is not just a so-called "doctor"? Then, call a real doctor, The Fish Vet.

Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.

http://www.thefishvet.com.au

Ph: +61 421 822 383

There’s finally some sense into the fishing rules. Now they’ve introduced bag limits rather than strictly size limits. It takes into consideration that fish may not always be in optimal shape to be released after being hooked. Now I hope this sensible approach can also be used more widely to include other species such as abalone (since most are gauged off rocks [and significantly injured] before they’re measured).

Medianet Release

11 Nov 2016 1:43 PM AEST – Simplifying size limit rules for WA fishers

To continue its efforts to reduce red tape and simplify the State’s fishing rules, the Department of Fisheries has undertaken a major review of all finfish size limits across Western Australia.

Policy and Strategic Services Director Nathan Harrison said the review was science-based with the aim of ensuring size limits contribute in a meaningful way to the sustainable management of individual species.

“For example, where there are high rates of post-release mortality due to barotrauma, it is proposed that the minimum size limits be abolished for a range of species, such as baldchin groper and breaksea cod,” Mr Harrison said. “Reducing mortality rates offers sustainability benefits.

“In addition, where fish are often not retained or targeted as sports fish, the proposal is that minimum size limits are removed for various species, like Australian salmon and Samson fish.

Mr Harrison said size limits for finfish would remain, where they were necessary to ensure ongoing sustainability for species that needed a range of management measures to help protect them from exploitation.

“Where possible size limits have been simplified and standardised for many commonly caught species,” he said. “This is a win–win outcome for both fishers and sustainable management.”

Mr Harrison said the Policy on the Application of fish size limits in WA, which was now available, was developed after requests from Recfishwest and WA’s Fishing Industry Council.

“The new policy will now provide a framework for applying size limits,” he said.

“This policy was used in the development of the second document being released today for public comment – A review of size limits for finfish in WA.”

Details of how to make a submission during the six-week consultation period, which will close on 23 December 2016, are available on thePublic comment page atwww.fish.wa.gov.au.

Given the public consultation period, related to the discussion paper, as well as required regulatory processes when decisions are finalised, formal arrangements to implement size limit changes are not expected to be in place before early to mid-2017.

More information on the current recreational rules, including size limits, is available in the currentRecreational fishing guide 2016 or atwww.fish.wa.gov.au, or collect the guide from departmental offices, orInformation Outlets.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Ashley Malone 0418 901 767

Please see the following files attached:
[MR26-16 Size Limits POLICY and discussion paper 11Nov16.pdf]

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