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Mr Hagen Stehr AO - Clean Seas.
COMPANY OF THE WEEK: Positive Breakthrough for Tuna Aquaculture
(AUSTRALIA, 5/1/2009)
Clean Seas Tuna Limited advises that its ongoing Tuna research and feed trials have been successful. Amongst the milestones achieved were:
• Continuous spawning over a 35 day period from 12 March 2009 to 16 April 2009
• Over 50 million fertilised eggs and 30 million larvae produced.
• Numerous instances of over 90% fertilisation achieved;
• SBT fingerling production, with fish having achieved approximately 2.5cm in length and >28 days in age
• Considerable advances and knowledge developed for the production and commercialisation of SBT as a sustainable resource.
 Chairman Hagen Stehr stated: “Our dream has become reality.Hatchery staff at our Arno Bay complex, assisted by some of the worlds best propagation scientists need to be congratulated.The achievements are world firsts, and major stepping stones to present the world with a sustainable resource for the future”.
“It is with confidence that Clean Sea Tuna will now accelerate the commercialisation of its achievements to grow and produce Southern Bluefin Tuna”, he added and thanked shareholders for their faith in the company to achieve its outcomes, reshaping the Tuna industry of the world in the years to come.
Professor Abigail Elizur from the University of the Sunshine Coast, who has been involved since its inception stated, “Clean Seas Tuna have broken the mould. They have shown it is biologically possible to spawn giant tuna in the temperate waters off Port Lincoln, thousands of miles from their tropical breeding grounds, commercially the path is open to revolutionise the tuna industry and see captive Aussie tuna aquaculture grow to a multi billion dollar sector”.
Professor Barbra Block from Stanford University and Tuna Research stated “Clean Seas has made the vision come true in a spectacular way. I believe that the science is here, the infrastructure and intellectual capacity and the knowledge to push forward the frontier for tuna mariculture – and produce a successful aquaculture business for Bluefin”.
Hagen Stehr further commented:“Research and development is ongoing and commercialisation is the next step. Developments such as this are of immense financial value and closely guarded, but the company will endeavour to keep shareholders informed as much as possible in this exciting phase”. He warned, “As with all aquaculture, challenges always exist”.
About Cleanseas
Cleanseas is a company with a long history of innovation and excellence within the seafood industry. A result of the vision of founder and Australian seafood industry icon Hagen Stehr, Cleanseas has long been associated with premium seafood. Hagen and son Marcus, have been farming the prized Southern Bluefin Tuna since the inception of this unique, sustainable ranching programme in the early 1990s.
Cleanseas experience and understanding of the premium Japanese sashimi markets encouraged the development of a fish farming operation which could deliver the highest quality fin-fish to the most discerning markets in the world.
Cleanseas has evolved into an integrated operation covering all aspects of fish management from water to plate. As one of the largest farmers of Yellowtail Kingfish and Mulloway in Australia, Cleanseas invests in its farm, its fish and its people, proudly imposing the toughest standards to deliver the highest quality.
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