A new practical guide will help Aboriginal organisations explore business and employment opportunities in Western Australia’s growing aquaculture industry. New guide to support Aboriginal participation in Western Australia’s growing aquaculture industry Resource provides information on opportunities, risks, business models, and regulatory requirements A new practical guide will help Aboriginal organisations [...]
Indigenous communities across the Northern Territory have been working in collaboration with the Northern Territory Government to establish a commercially viable oyster farming industry built around native species and local opportunity. The first commercial sales of Northern Territory farmed blacklip rock oysters are expected soon, following years of research and [...]
The CRCNA is backing the growth of the Northern Territory’s Blacklip Rock Oyster industry, with progress on the ground showcased at a community field day on Bathurst Island Held at Wurrumiyanga on 19 June 2025, the Oyster Farm Field Day brought together local community members, industry participants and research partners [...]
The Aboriginal Sea Company’s (ASC) and Skills Insight partnership is off to a great start in 2025, launching with a successful two-day workshop under the Community-Based Aquaculture Training (CBATT) Project. The workshop brought together ASC, Skills Insight and key community stakeholders to collaborate on developing culturally appropriate aquaculture training tools [...]
A series of workshops for Native Title holders, to be held in coastal locations between Shark Bay and Wyndham, will get underway from tomorrow. Funded by the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) and Western Australia’s Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), the first of the [...]
Humpty Doo Barramundi are trialling Black jewfish farming in a world first for aquaculture. As Australia’s biggest Barramundi farm, Humpty Doo Barramundi is well placed to trial new species of fish for farming, and we are working with Darwin Aquaculture Centre to develop farming practices for jewfish. Also known as [...]
Australia’s largest barramundi farm has started trialling black jewfish in what is understood as a world first for aquaculture. Humpty Doo Barramundi in the Northern Territory is currently home to thousands of juvenile black jewfish bred by researchers at the Darwin Aquaculture Centre (DAC). The farm’s fish production manager, Jason Clark, said the [...]
Northern Australian-grown Black Lip Rock Oysters could be on the menu by next Christmas, thanks to a Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia-funded project, which has officially wrapped up in northern Western Australia. Around 700,000 oysters have been transferred from the CRCNA and the Western Australia Department of Primary Industries [...]
Northern Australia officially has its own “brand” of Tropical Rock Oysters – with the native Blacklip Rock Oyster (Saccostrea echinata) formally added to the Australian fish name database. The application to the Australian Fish Names Committee was made by researchers from the Northern Territory Government’s Darwin Aquaculture Centre (DAC) and [...]