A new Albany seafood hatchery that will support the expansion of
aquaculture and create 350 WA jobs has opened.
The hatchery will support the development of a South Coast aquaculture industry and is estimated to create almost 100 direct WA jobs and a further 250 indirect jobs over the next decade.
The successful commercial-scale farming of edible oysters, mussels, scallops and Akoya pearl oysters depends on a reliable supply of large quantities of juvenile seed stocks.
The WA aquaculture and wild-catch mollusc sectors are worth about $75 million − the new hatchery is estimated to increase the sector’s value by up to $12 million within five years.
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