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Australis Barramundi, Vietnam

By Matt Craze | Published Aug. 15, 2019

Undercurrent News visited the farming site of Australis Barramundi in central Vietnam. The farm produces barramundi fish that is sold by Amazon's Whole Foods stores and in HelloFresh meal-kits in the US market.

Photo credits: Matt Craze/Undercurrent News/Australis Barramundi

Published Aug. 15, 2019

A feed barge positioned near the farm sites in a secluded bay north of Nha Trang.

Australis founder Josh Goldman has built a modern hatchery at Australis’s farming site in central Vietnam. Barramundi fingerlings are raised in recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) tanks before being placed in offshore pens in the bay

Australis’s offshore farming complex in central Vietnam. The company previously raised fish to harvest weight in land-based farms but settled on a hybrid system using land-based nurseries and offshore farms for the latter stages of growth

Traditional Vietnamese towns and shrimp farms can be seen on the drive from Nha Trang to Australis farming site in central Vietnam

The land-based hatchery is the start of a fully traceable farming system that was the first ocean-based fin-fish to earn a Best Choice rating by the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch.

Australis Barramundi sold in frozen fillets and branded as the sustainable seabass

Australis founder Josh Goldman is one of the industry’s foremost experts in recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) technology

Australis barramundi fillets are a popular choice in Whole Food stores and for buyers of meal-kits produced by HelloFresh

Barramundi swimming underwater in one of Australis’s offshore cages. Barramndi is a type of seabass that is native to Australia and the Indo-Pacific region

Australis has captured the attention of consumers by presenting its barramundi fish in appetizing recipes and in meal-kits.

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