NORTHERN AUSTRALIA DATA
Aquaculture and Seafood industries
The north produces 20% of Australia's aquaculture products.
credit: CRCNA Aquaculture Situational Analysis 2020
By 2030 the northern aquaculture industry is set to increase to $1.34 billion value and 1400 jobs.
credit: CRCNA Aquaculture Situational Analysis 2020
Aquaculture production is one of the fastest growing primary industries in the world.
credit: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation 2019
Aquaculture has become Australia’s most valuable seafood industry, overtaking wild caught fish for the first time in 2021-2022.
credit: ABARES 2023
It takes 2 years for an oyster to grow to market size.
credit: Darwin Aquaculture Centre 2023
Prawn biosecurity research can support an increase in annual production of $16 million
credit: CRCNA Biosecurity in Northern Australian prawn aquaculture (A.3.1718113)