Shellfish Culture Limited 2013
Strategic plan objectives continue to be met in 2013 Production reliability (hatchery/pre-nursery) Product sizes, 5, 6, 8 and (10mm in Tasmania) Purchase of new farm Reduce environmental risk/biosecurity
Tasmanian Government Investment and Innovation Fund 10 successful companies receiving a total of $1.8 million SCL received $165,000 Upgrade pre-nursery Upgrade grading systems
Expanded land base nursery includes 240 spat bottles Heated water systems Redundancy and biosecurity with separation of products
New Bottle System
Controlled feeding of small spat Improved recoveries through healthy spat
Systems separated Improved health and biosecurity
Increased food production 100 lay flat bags 50 upright bags 20,000 litres of high density food per day Skeletonema sp
Top shed dedicated to; Hatchery per nursery Translocation and sales administration
Increased farm capacity with the purchase of water and land base at PCL 14 hectares of water 11 hectares of land 3 sheds
Grant utilised to Increased Water Storage Overhaul grader
Grader upgrade Bigger screen, bigger oysters Freshwater grading Bulk handling system
Increased staff level Operating 2 crews New boat Two staff undertaking Cert 3 in Aquaculture
Undercover Work Area
Converting farm from rack and rail to quad lines
Thank you Staff and management SCL