A breakthrough in the way freshwater crayfish are bred is tipped to boost aquaculture production.
Crayfish farmer Andy Gosbell says more work needs to be done to improve the crustacean's grow-out process.They are considered a high-end"white tablecloth" product and global demand for redclaw crayfish — native to northern Australia — is growing at a rapid rate.
Marine biologist Lisa Elliot from ACF said the industry's grow-out farmers had been hampered in the past by inefficient on-farm breeding processes that suffered large production losses. "The major problem in the past was that production of seedstock was an ad-hoc affair. Mum and dad were put in ponds and the hope was they produced offspring."
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