VICTORIA, AUSTRALIAProfile: Pakenham Aquaculture

摘要

Strategically located to service the wet markets in Melbourne's burgeoning Asian communities, this 30 tonne RAS farm has been successfully operating since 2002.Brett Kirkman took over Pakenham Aquaculture in December 2016.Over the years the farm has produced barramundi (Lates cakarifef) and theiconic Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii peelit), but since commercial fishing has been prohibited in the Murray Darling Basin, Brett is concentrating his efforts on two species native to the basin: cod and golden perch (Macquaria ambigua), a.k.a. yellowbelly or callop.Brett's background is interesting. He majored in food science at Latrobe University, Melbourne, and worked at Fonterra (the multinational dairy co-operative) for 18 years. It was there, working with Fonterra's water conservation and restoration program,that he gained the understanding of water quality management that led him into aquaculture. He could see similarities with other food producing industries that could be applied to aquaculture.