Development of barramundi (Lates calcarifer bloch) hatchery and farming techniques in Australia
Project number:
1983-038
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$0.00
Organisation:
Sea Hatcheries Ltd
Project start/end date:
28 Dec 1985
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31 Dec 1985
Contact:
FRDC
1. Identify constraints to developing commercial barramundi hatchery & farm in Northern Australia
2. demonstrate hatchery rearing of native barramundi is an alternative to importing exotic species to improve fresh water. angling
3. utilise by-catch during prawn trawling
Final report
Author:
M.P. Heasman
J.C. Ryall
I.R. Hockings
Final Report
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1985-12-31
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5.74 MB
1983-038-DLD.pdf
The central aims of this project were to identify major practical constraints to the development of a commercially viable barramundi hatchery and farming enterprise in Northern Australia and to demonstrate that hatchery rearing of barramundi constituted a feasible alternative to the importation of exotic species, especially nile perch (Lates niloticus) as a means of improving freshwater angling in Queensland.
In October 1985 'Sea Hatcheries' was incorporated as a public company in preparation for the establishment of a commercial marine hatchery and barramundi farming venture. In the same month the Queensland Government formally announced the suspension of its nile perch project.
