It is very difficult for Barramundi farmers
to export their fish to compete with other world producers in Asia, etc.
However, Mainstream Aquaculture, based just outside Melbourne in Werribee have
found a niche opportunity by producing and selling Barramundi with specific
growing traits from their hatchery.
The live fingerlings are placed in
oxygenated plastic bags with typically, depending on the commute time, pack two
to three thousand fish per bag, within a polystyrene box. These are then loaded
on a pallet and sent to their destination via air freight. Fish has been sent
as far as continental Europe, the Middle East and into North America.
High hopes for the hatchery in that if they
capture their market share, then they will be the supplier to 50 per cent of
the entire global barramundi aquaculture industry. Hence one in every two fish
consumed around the world could have originated from the facility in Werribee.
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