Tasmania produces the bulk of Australia's farmed Atlantic salmon, world-class oysters, abalone, and southern rock lobster — all benefiting from clean cool waters and strict regulation.
Tasmania produces the bulk of Australia's farmed Atlantic salmon, world-class oysters, abalone, and southern rock lobster — all benefiting from clean cool waters and strict regulation.
Volume: 88,000 t (2023)
Tasmania is Australia's largest aquaculture producer — driven almost entirely by farmed Atlantic salmon.
~$1.4B (2023)
Tasmanian Atlantic Salmon dominates state production.
Greenlip AbaloneTAS produces 25% of the global wild abalone harvest.
rock-lobsterSouthern Rock Lobster — high-value premium.
Australian OystersPacific Oysters — premium estuaries.
Blue MusselsVessels: 480
Workers (approx): 5,800
Home ports: HobartTriabunnaStrahanDevonportBicheno
Tasmania is Australia's largest aquaculture producer by volume and value, anchored by farmed Atlantic salmon (Tassal, Huon, Petuna). The wild-catch industry — particularly the Tasmanian Abalone fishery, world-leading by volume — has been a global model for ITQ shellfish management since 1985. Tasmanian seafood routes export to Japan, China, and Hong Kong; the salmon industry is also subject to vigorous environmental scrutiny.
7 fishing regions have their own profile inside Tasmania.
A vast, brackish, west-coast Tasmanian harbour that became one of Australia's most important salmon and ocean-trout farming sites — though not without environmental scrutiny.
Storm Bay south of Hobart is the next-generation site for open-water Atlantic salmon farming — high-energy, well-flushed, and increasingly the centre of growth.
Bruny Island is a culinary destination — boutique Pacific oyster farms and a thriving food-tourism scene built on Tasmanian seafood.
Tasmania's east coast — including Coles Bay and Freycinet Peninsula — supports Pacific oyster farms, scallop divers, and a renowned recreational rock-lobster fishery.
The Furneaux Group (including Flinders Island) supports remote southern rock lobster, abalone, and a unique muttonbird (short-tailed shearwater) harvest by Tasmanian Aboriginal communities.
Northern Tasmania's Tamar estuary supports oyster farms, an established salmon farming operation, and processing facilities serving Bass Strait fisheries.
The shallow sea between Victoria and Tasmania — a shared fishing ground for southern rock lobster, scallops, abalone, and the offshore trawl fishery.