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Speaker 1: Three sixty with Katie Wolf. Join the conversation with Katie Wolf.

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Speaker 1: You are our eyes and ears in the Territory Mix

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Speaker 1: one oh four point nine.

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Speaker 2: We know that the Amateur Fishermen's Association of the Northern

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Speaker 2: Territory and fishing conservation charity OS Fish Unlimited. Today they've

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Speaker 2: announced a new partnership which is designed to empower recreational

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Speaker 2: fishes in the territory to get involved in fish habitat

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Speaker 2: protection and restoration. Now joining me in the studio to

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Speaker 2: tell us a bit more about what this is all about.

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Speaker 2: Northern Territory Fishermen's Association CEO David Chirivolo, Good morning to you, morning, Katie.

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Speaker 2: And we've also got the Habitat Officer Shelley English. Good

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Speaker 2: morning to you, Shelley.

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Speaker 3: Good morning.

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Speaker 2: Great to have you both in the studio. David, tell

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Speaker 2: us what this is all about.

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Speaker 1: Well, I think as people would know that our fant's

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Speaker 1: been a real passionate protector of the environment for a

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Speaker 1: long time, and so it makes sense for us to

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Speaker 1: our partnership, have this partnership with OZ Fish Unlimited, which

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Speaker 1: is actually about taking that next step, so not just

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Speaker 1: advocating for the protection environment flowing rivers and that kind

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Speaker 1: of thing, but actually helping fishes to get involved more

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Speaker 1: so in citizen science, but also identifying restoration projects. So

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Speaker 1: we're kicking it off with this brave project, which is

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Speaker 1: the Baited Underwater Remote Video and it's really exciting because

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Speaker 1: it provides fishes with an opportunity to not only give back,

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Speaker 1: but to see what some of their favorite fishing spots

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Speaker 1: look like underwater and so lock.

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Speaker 2: How can you every day fishermen and fisher women get involved.

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Speaker 3: Yes, so we're going to be holding a event next

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Speaker 3: week at the Trailer Boat Club at six o'clock and

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Speaker 3: local fishes are invited to come along hear more about

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Speaker 3: oz fish and what a fan are up to and

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Speaker 3: what the Blove project will involve and how they can

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Speaker 3: get involved.

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Speaker 2: And so what what sort of you know, how look

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Speaker 2: like when you hear of a baited remote underwater video,

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Speaker 2: you think, what on earth is that? And what's it

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Speaker 2: going to say?

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Speaker 1: It sounds like science fiction. Look, these are actually being

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Speaker 1: used around the country and around the world. It's a

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Speaker 1: tried and tested method and there are some use of

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Speaker 1: them in the territory already through fisheries and tea and

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Speaker 1: some of their research, but obviously they've got to have

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Speaker 1: the boat days and researchers to get out there. We've

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Speaker 1: got a whole fleet of wreckfishes out fishing all the time,

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Speaker 1: and that's one of the great things about this project

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Speaker 1: is you can deploy the brove, which is essentially a

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Speaker 1: frame that houses a GoPro and a light and then

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Speaker 1: it has an arm on the front of it with

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Speaker 1: a bait bag attached. We put sardines in there and

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Speaker 1: that brings in the fish to come and have a look.

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Speaker 1: So it is really something that I think, you know, Shelley,

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Speaker 1: anyone can get involved in if they've got a boat,

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Speaker 1: but we're also looking for people with other skills too.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so we'll be looking for people who want to

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Speaker 3: get involved in building the brove, so if you're a

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Speaker 3: bit of a tinker, and then we'll also be looking

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Speaker 3: for people who are good with their fish identifications to

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Speaker 3: review the footage and look at what we're seeing.

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Speaker 2: Okay, and so, Shelley, I mean it must be I

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Speaker 2: would imagine it's going to be pretty exciting to actually

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Speaker 2: get camera down there to see what is going on

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Speaker 2: under the water.

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Speaker 3: Yes, definitely, But what are you kind.

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Speaker 2: Of hoping to then do I suppose with that footage

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Speaker 2: and with that information.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so some of the sites we'll be looking at,

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Speaker 3: we're actually a part of a report done ten years ago,

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Speaker 3: and so we really want to compare the data that

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Speaker 3: we're seeing and look at what might have changed in

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Speaker 3: that time. And it's really difficult to predict what we

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Speaker 3: might see, so but we're really hoping it can build

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Speaker 3: into some future restoration projects, because that's really what we're

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Speaker 3: looking at next as well.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I suppose some of those really popular areas,

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Speaker 2: are you wondering whether the you know, the fish population

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Speaker 2: might have declined slightly, or are you sort of thinking

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Speaker 2: more to I don't know, to help that area.

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Speaker 1: You know, we're so blessed in the NT with a

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Speaker 1: healthy environment, but at the same time, we've seen a

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Speaker 1: lot of changes in the harbor. We've seen more industrialization,

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Speaker 1: we've seen more dredging, increase shipping, and as well recreational activity.

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Speaker 1: So it is a really good opportunity to build up

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Speaker 1: that capacity. So then in the future and over the

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Speaker 1: at those places that haven't been monitored to see if

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Speaker 1: there are changes. We'll look for changes in the fish community,

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Speaker 1: so that the species that are the most dense, and

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Speaker 1: that's kind of the way that they look at to say,

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Speaker 1: you know, maybe in the past there was a lot

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Speaker 1: more golden snapper here and now we're seeing more stripe snapper.

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Speaker 1: We're not really sure. But what's so exciting about it

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Speaker 1: is not only to see those spots, but to have

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Speaker 1: an opportunity to check in, you know, over time, and

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Speaker 1: to see if there have been changes and are.

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Speaker 2: There any particular locations that you're really sort of keen

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so we have got a few locations listed as

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Speaker 3: a part of the project which was funded by the

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Speaker 3: Australian government, and so we'll be looking at those, but

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Speaker 3: we'll also be looking back at that project. Like I said,

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Speaker 3: that was done ten years ago and just having a

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Speaker 3: sea what's changed.

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Speaker 2: I reckon it's going to be really interesting and I

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Speaker 2: would you know, I would guess that most people out

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Speaker 2: exactly what's going on as well, and you know, what

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Speaker 2: type of fish are in some of those areas. I

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Speaker 2: guess the only time that we really get to tell

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Speaker 2: us if you catch something, is that right? Or what

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Speaker 2: you see, well, that's right.

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Speaker 1: And it's really amazing that if we look at the

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Speaker 1: data from the study that was done ten years ago,

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Speaker 1: the most abundance fish that are out there in terms

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Speaker 1: of numbers are actually ones that we don't catch because

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Speaker 1: they're not susceptible to be caught on the line. But

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Speaker 1: then also I think as fish as we know that

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Speaker 1: quite often we're not catching the fish that are there

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Speaker 1: as well. So that's really exciting. And you know, when

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Speaker 1: that study was done and although it was the first time,

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Speaker 1: there were nineteen new fish species for Darwin Harbor identified,

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Speaker 1: so not new species, but in dawn Harbor recording darwhn

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Speaker 1: Harbor for the first time. So it is possible that

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Speaker 1: we may actually find something that we don't expect to

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Speaker 1: find and it could be the first time it's recorded.

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Speaker 1: So it is an exciting opportunity to get involved.

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Speaker 2: And what period of time is this going to happen

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Speaker 2: over Is it over the whole year or could it

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Speaker 2: be longer?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so the grant's going to be happening over the

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Speaker 3: next few months, but we really want to roll that

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Speaker 3: pro out over a twelve month period and hopefully be

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Speaker 3: able to work with fisheries a bit closer and helping

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Speaker 3: contribute to the data that they've got as well.

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Speaker 2: Very cool. Now, remind us again where the event is

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Speaker 2: happening on Wednesday the nineteenth, so that if people are

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Speaker 2: listening and they're keen to get involved, they can come

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Speaker 2: on down and find out.

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Speaker 1: A bit more.

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Speaker 3: So it'll be Wednesday, the nineteenth of May at the

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Speaker 3: Trailer Boat Club from six pm.

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Speaker 2: Awesome stuff. Well, I'll tell you what. Lovely to see

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Speaker 2: you both this morning, and I really appreciate you coming

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Speaker 2: in and telling us a bit more about this. I

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Speaker 2: think it sounds like a really good initiative and I've

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Speaker 2: no doubt there'll be plenty of Territorians wanting to be involved.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much, Katie, And just a quick one. If

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Speaker 1: people are interested, if they just jump onto the fant website.

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Speaker 1: They can register through there or through our Facebook links,

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Speaker 1: and so we'll know that you're coming and we can

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Speaker 1: be prepared. We've got some nibbles on offer as well.

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Speaker 2: Well. Our FANCYEO David Chiivolo and Habitat officers Shelly Inglis

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Speaker 2: lovely to speak to you both this morning. Thanks so

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Speaker 2: much for your time. Thanks Katy, you are listening to

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Speaker 2: Mix one oh four point nine's three State