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Warm water and jellyfish wipe millions off Huon’s 2019 earnings

Warm water and jellyfish wipe millions off Huon’s 2019 earnings

Biological problems have caused Tasmanian salmon farmer Huon to slash its earnings forecast from between Australian $64 million and $68m to between $50m and $55m for its 2019 financial year.

Investors meet sustainable seafood creators at Fish 2.0

Investors meet sustainable seafood creators at Fish 2.0

Fish 2.0 is a global community of innovators, investors and sustainable seafood experts that come together to create projects and solutions that benefits the aquaculture industry and the fisheries. This year events will be taking place in Australia and the U.S.

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Licence to chill: can cold water be the next weapon against sea lice?

Licence to chill: can cold water be the next weapon against sea lice?

Scientists from Norway and Australia who tried using very cold water to remove lice from salmon saw a positive effect in combatting the parasite but a negative effect on animal welfare.

Huon profits stung by jellyfish

Huon profits stung by jellyfish

Tasmanian salmon farmer Huon Aquaculture Group has reported a fall in revenue, profit and harvest volume for the last six months of 2018 – the first half of the company’s financial year - because of deteriorating environmental conditions, and in particular a jellyfish bloom.

Blame for kingfish escape is stuck on barnacles

Blame for kingfish escape is stuck on barnacles

Barnacles and poor maintenance have been blamed for the escape of 20,000 yellowtail kingfish from an experimental farm in eastern Australia during a storm in January.

Huon carries out first harvest at yellowtail trial site

Huon carries out first harvest at yellowtail trial site

What was left of the first batch of yellowtail kingfish farmed in sea pens off the coast of New South Wales in eastern Australia has been harvested and will start being sold in Sydney and the nearby town of Newcastle in the coming days.

Australia's Project Sea Dragon prawn plan wins approval

Australia's Project Sea Dragon prawn plan wins approval

Plans to build the world’s biggest prawn farm have moved another step closer, with authorities in the Northern Territories of Australia granting environmental approval for the first stage of Project Sea Dragon.

Genetic solution to lethal oyster disease

Genetic solution to lethal oyster disease

An Australian genetic improvement program is helping to combat the devastating effects of Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS).

World’s biggest prawn farm moves a step closer

World’s biggest prawn farm moves a step closer

Plans for the world’s largest integrated prawn farm moved another stage closer to fruition after environmental authorities recommended approval for its breeding facilities.

Broadcast forces pigment rethink

Broadcast forces pigment rethink

Australian salmon producers appear to have been forced into a radical rethink over the pigmentation they use to ensure their fish have pink flesh following a critical broadcast.