Tag: Tasmania
Huon’s Whale Point nursery: an eco-friendly, flexible giant. The latest project to be developed by Billund Aquaculture in Australia is the ‘Whale Point’ nursery, a state-of-the-art facility located near Port Huon on the island of ...
First assessment of invasive long-spined sea urchin fishery. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) researchers have produced the first scientific assessment of Tasmania’s growing long-spined sea urchin fishery. The expansion of the commercial fishery ...
BioMar Australia begins production. BioMar Australia have commenced aqua-feed production at their state-of-the-art 40 million euro facility in Tasmania, Australia, which is welcome news for the local aquaculture industry at a time when many businesses ...
Sustainable certification for Spring Bay Seafoods. Spring Bay Seafoods Pty Ltd, the Tasmanian company known for its Australian blue mussels, has earned certification for sustainable seafood production by Friend of the Sea. “It’s been a ...
Interest grows in feed spinners for fish farming. Tasmanian aquaculture equipment manufacturer, Drysdale Engineering Group, has just completed an order from New Zealand for their 3″ inch Stainless Steel Feed Spinners. The Fish Feed Spinner ...
Drysdale’s bespoke aquaculture solutions. Tasmanian company Drysdale Engineering specialises in working closely with local fish farms, including the removal of old equipment to be recycled and replacing it with new items that have been fabricated ...
Tasmanians missing out on fish farm revenues. The Tasmanian government may have forgone millions of dollars in potential revenue from the rapid growth in the fish farming industry according to a new report from The ...
Hatchery salmon success for Huon Aquaculture. In another first for Huon Aquaculture, the biggest hatchery-grown salmon in the southern hemisphere are being transferred to sea. The salmon will be in excess of 1kg, matching the ...
Drysdale Engineering completes aquaculture installation. Tasmanian aquaculture equipment manufacturer, Drysdale Engineering Group, has just completed the installation of a ‘de-waterer’ for a local salmon farm. Fish are pumped with water into the unit, then they ...
Tasmania and Nova Scotia fisheries collaboration. The Governments of Tasmania and Nova Scotia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) as part of strengthening collaboration on fisheries and aquaculture matters. Guy Barnett, Minister for Primary ...
Australian fishery growth continues. The gross value of Australian fisheries and aquaculture production (GVP) continues to grow according to the ABARES Australian fisheries and aquaculture statistics 2017 report. ABARES Executive Director, Dr Steve Hatfield-Dodds, said that gross ...
Largest feed barge in southern Hemisphere launched. Today, the Southern Hemisphere’s largest, most technologically-advanced feed barge, designed for the most exposed fish farm in the world, the Hogan, was christened and launched at Crisp Bros. ...
A new farming zone in Storm Bay off Bruny Island, created by the Tasmanian Government has been welcomed by Huon Aquaculture. CEO Peter Bender said Huon would now formally apply for a lease to farm ...
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