Huon Aquaculture

Salmon-producing company in Tasmania, Australia

Huon Aquaculture Limited

Company type| Subsidiary company
Industry| Food processing, fishing
Founded| 1986
Headquarters|

Dover, Tasmania

Australia

Area served

| Australia, New Zealand, Asia
Products| Processed salmon products

Number of employees

| 700[1]
Parent| JBS S.A.
Website| www.huonaqua.com.au

Huon Aquaculture is a large aquaculture and food processing enterprise located in Tasmania, Australia. Founded in 1986, Huon has grown to become the 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 became a subsidiary of the Brazilian meat processing company JBS S.A. in November 2021.[3]

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]

As of 2021, Huon has additional assets in Western Australia including a processing facility in Perth and a 2,200 hectare lease in the Mid West aquaculture zone.[5]

It was a majority family and employee owned company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange,[6] but was acquired by JBS in November 2021.

## See also

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* Seafood in Australia

## References

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1. ^ "Huon Aquaculture Statistics (2014)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
2. ^ "Huon Aquaculture - About".
3. ^ Breen, Fiona; Briscoe, Tony (12 November 2021). "Brazilian meat giant JBS flags further aquaculture investment following Huon purchase". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
4. ^ George, Peter (4 May 2020). "Huon Aquaculture Convicted of Environmental Breaches". Tasmanian Times.
5. ^ "Tasmanian farmed fish giant Huon takes first step into WA market". www.abc.net.au. 23 January 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
6. ^ "Huon set to go Public". Australian Broadcasting Company.

## External links

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* Official website