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Unique Australian project aims to harvest barramundi deep in US desert

Australia's Mainstream Aquaculture has an option to buy a 1,100-acre former tilapia farm in the desert of Arizona, turning it into a future barramundi hub

By Dan Gibson | July 14, 2020 09:33 BST
Mainstream hopes the planned farm can act as a beachhead into the US market. Credit: Mainstream Aquaculture
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The barramundi, often referred to colloquially as "white salmon", could soon be produced on US territory, as one of Australia's biggest farmers of the species eyes what would be a unique land-based expansion plan [...]

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