1384.6 - Statistics - Tasmania, 2005  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 13/09/2002   
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Contents >> Fishing >> Aquaculture >> Main species farmed >> Pacific oysters

The Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) was introduced to Tasmania after World War II, but collection from natural spat settlements was marginal and unreliable. Since the 1980s, farmers have had access to reliable supplies of oyster spat grown in a hatchery environment, which has enabled the rapid development of full commercial production.

Approximately 14% of production is sold in Tasmania; most of the remaining 86% is sold to mainland Australian markets and 4% is sold to overseas markets such as Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand.



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