Monday, March 14, 2011

Clean Seas Tuna passes critical milestone in breeding juvenile Southern Bluefin Tuna

Clean Seas Tuna has achieved a critical milestone in working towards a sustainable seafood source, with the company's tuna spawning program at the Arno Bay facility on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula. Clean Seas is has produced juvenile aquaculture-bred Southern Bluefin Tuna, with 90 fingerlings ranging in length from eight to ten centimetres transferred to a 25-metre cage offshore.

Clifford Ashby, managing director, said “This is the world’s first transfer of Southern Bluefin Tuna fingerlings to the ocean." The potential sustainable food advancement places Australia at the forefront of technological initiatives being undertaken in global marine aquaculture. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers.

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