Environmentally friendly, 100% regenerative seafarming project for Bruny Island and beyond.

Explore the concept and follow our progress in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel.
 
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The Concept

We are establishing pilot seafarms growing seaweed, oysters, mussels and scallops off Bruny Island and in the Channel.

Mussels

grow on the vertical lines

Scallops

grown in scallop lanterns

Oysters

grow in cages suspended off bottom

Seaweed

grows along the horizontal lines at surface
With an ultimate aim of providing employment and jobs in the Channel area and beyond, on both land and sea.
Click on the links here to view an inspiring introductory video.
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About Bruny Island Sea Farms

What's this all about?
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Our Aim

To establish commercially viable, 100% regenerative vertical farming aquaculture farms off Bruny Island as a beginning. With successful establishment of pilot farms, the model used on Bruny can be offered to other community groups or private operators to start their own sea farms. All as a non-profit, community based initiative.

Bruny Island Pilot Programs and Sea Farm Incubator

Once a successful model has been implemented on Bruny, the aim is to help facilitate other communities to do the same in their coastal waters. A mix of community based or commercial operators, depending on the circumstances.
Farming the ocean in a sustainable manner is vital for the health of Tasmania and the people living here.

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The Future

A network of regenerative sea farms throughout the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and around the coast of Tasmania would be the ultimate aim. Creating valuable jobs both on and off the water while cleaning up the environment at the same time.

The Market For Seaweed

There are literally hundreds of uses for seaweed, not just for food but as ingredients for domestic, commercial and industrial products. The Australian Seaweed Industry Blueprint outlines plans for a $1.5 billion Australian seaweed industry by 2040 that employs 9,000 people and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 10%. Tasmania is ideally placed to be a big part of this.

Why Sea Farming?
There are many reasons why we as a community should be farming the ocean in a sustainable manner.
What are the reasons not too?
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Our blog

Latest news updates & articles
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We went to Brittany and it was a revelation (if you’re into seaweed). A dispatch from the road —...

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Tasmania’s waterways are at a critical turning point. How we use them for work, play, and peace of...

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There's been a massive amount of progress made in the past month. It's hard to know where to...

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In some exciting news, we received confirmation our project is one of the six finalist to be...

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