Huon Aquaculture

Huon Aquaculture is a large aquaculture and food processing enterprise located in Tasmania. Founded in 1986, Huon has grown to become second largest salmon producer in the state, after ASX listed Tassal, it employs 487 Tasmanians and produces 25,000 tonnes of salmon annually.[2] It is a majority family and employee owned company listed on the ASX[3]

Huon Aquaculture Limited
Private company
Traded asASX: HUO
IndustryFood processing, fishing
Founded1986
Headquarters
Dover, Tasmania
,
Australia
Area served
Australia, New Zealand, Asia
ProductsProcessed salmon products
Number of employees
700 [1]
Websitewww.huonaqua.com.au

Huon operates fish pens in Storm Bay, off Bruny Island, Macquarie Harbour, near Strahan, and Hideaway Bay, near Dover, a fish processing, packing and value-added facility in Parramatta Creek, Tasmania.

In 2020, Huon Aquaculture was convicted of environmental breaches in regard to its operations at Whale Point and fined $40,000.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Huon Aquaculture Statistics (2014)" (PDF).
  2. "Huon Aquaculture - About".
  3. "Huon set to go Public". Australian Broadcasting Company.
  4. {{cite web. Huon described the accusations of Environment Tasmania as "false and malicious." Environment Tasmania stated in their report that Huon, as well as fellow Tasmanian Aquaculture companies Petuna and Tassal, got a poor score on "major sustainability and animal welfare indicators." |title=Huon Aquaculture Convicted of Environmental Breaches |url=https://tasmaniantimes.com/2020/05/huon-acquaculture-convicted-environmental-breaches/ |work=Tasmanian times}}
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