Speaking at the international aquaculture science symposium in Adelaide, Hagen Stehr, the founder of Clean Seas Tuna, said that, after becoming the world’s first company to breed the southern bluefin tuna, his company now intends breeding and rearing as many as 25,000 southern bluefin tuna juveniles at South Australia’s Arno Bay next year.

Noting that aquaculture was the only feasible way in which the increasing global demand for protein-rich seafood can be met, Stehr added in his speech that Clean Seas Tuna could successfully bring about a twofold increase in Australia’s wild catch quota every year.

About the estimated figures pertaining to its projected efforts, Stehr said: “This is a very conservative estimate as we are committed to walking before we run. However, it is entirely within possibility that we will far exceed that number in the next few years given the success of our collaboration partner Kinki University in Japan with northern bluefin tuna.”

Stehr further said that aquaculture will help supply over one-half of seafood production worldwide within the coming 2-3 years. As per Stehr, bluefin tuna would probably make a notable contribution in “filling the gap between supply and demand for healthy seafood.”

Elaborating that his view has been widely endorsed by the leading aquaculture scientists in the world, Stehr remarked that global leaders were expressing their keenness in helping and learning aquaculture.