Located off Pulau Semakau, the farm about a half-hour boat ride from the city, enjoyed its first harvest last October.

It produces 500 metric tons of barramundi a year.

"Fish farming in Southeast Asia is mainly done in Indonesia and Malaysia, but Singapore actually has very good water quality," said Joep Kleine Staarman, managing director of Barramundi Asia. "Having a fish farm so close to Singapore brings the fish very fresh to the market."

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