1384.6 - Statistics - Tasmania, 2005

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Contents >> Fishing >> Aquaculture >> Main species farmed >> Abalone

Two commercial abalone hatcheries were established in 1986 and advances in hatchery technology, genetics and artificial feeding have led to the commercial production of significant numbers of abalone seed on a regular basis. There are three types of hatchery seed available for on-growing, greenlip abalone (Haliotis laevigata), blacklip abalone (Haliotis rubra), and the hybrid 'tiger' species.

Development of the industry has been constrained by the costs of growing abalone: animals fed on their natural diet of seaweed are expensive to produce, and artificial feeds have been (until recently) unsuccessful.