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NZ looks to kick-start land-based aquaculture with kingfish pilot

The system is a prototype to see if it is technically and economically feasible to grow 600t of yellowtail kingfish to market size on land each year

By Undercurrent News | March 10, 2020 09:46 GMT
Juvenile yellowtail kingfish. Credit: Niwa, NZ
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New Zealand's government is investing NZD 6 million ($3.8m) in a land-based aquaculture pilot to see whether yellowtail kingfish can be commercially farmed in Northland, on the tip of the North Island. [...]

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