Aquaculture
Cygnet Bay: Pearl farm to hatch own shell
Cygnet Bay Pearls has a license to start its own pearl shell hatchery.
It has previously relied on wild shell harvested from the Eighty Mile Beach.
One Arm Point: Trochus shell industry
One Arm Point Aboriginal community expects to send 15 tonnes of trochus shell to Italy this year.
The community also runs Australia’s only hatchery for the molusc, whose shells are used to make buttons for Milan fashion houses.
Indonesian-grown culture pearls to be sold in Perth
A WA company that farms pearls in Indonesia is to sell its products in Perth.
Perth-based Atlas South Sea Pearls, which boasts “lower production costs”, will open a retail outlet at Claremont’s Bayview Terrace, which is one of Australia’s most expensive strip shopping precincts.
The West Australian [read this story]
Lake Argyle: Barramundi farming absorbs carbon emissions
A university scientist says Barramundi farming at Lake Argyle could absorb 30% of WA’s man-made carbon emissions.
Lake Argyle: Barramundi to stock the lake
Barramundi
The government allocated $7000,000 to stock Lake Argyle with barramundi in the state budget yesterday.
The fish are to be bred in Broome from Ord River stock.
Photo: Wikemedia Commons
King Sound: Scientific barramundi farm
A Cone Bay barramundi farm says it is using scientific methods to raise barramundi that chefs prefer.
The researchers say the fish have to swim against the King Sound tides, keeping the flesh firm, unlike pond-reared barramundi that grow flabby around the middle.
The West Australian [read this story]
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