Atlantic salmon is one of the leading aquaculture species farmed in Australia. Production has grown from 5,700 tonnes in 2008 to a current level of 45,000 tonnes worth AUD 550 million ($434 million/€387 million) and is expected to continue to grow at rate well above the industry average in the next few years.
With more than 95 percent of Australian salmon produced in Tasmania, the industry recently broke ground on its AUD 6 million ($4.8 million/€4.2 million) Experimental Aquaculture Facility (EAF) to be built at the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies’ (IMAS) Taroona campus.
