Valuable fish culled as WA kingfish producer loses faith in WA State Government

Valuable fish culled as WA kingfish producer loses faith in WA State Government

Source: ABC Mid West & Wheatbelt

8/20/2021

The owners of Western Australia's only yellowtail kingfish aquaculture operation have culled their broodstock and will not produce any more kingfish after learning the state government was working with Andrew Forrest's Harvest Road Oceans on a proposed land-based finfish aquaculture precinct.

Indian Ocean Fresh Australia has been developing aquaculture processes and commercially producing fish off the Geraldton coast since 2016.

Owner Erica Starling made the decision to cull 30 breeding animals after learning the state government was at stage two of a market-led proposal (MLP) to establish a land-based yellowtail kingfish aquaculture precinct with another company.