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The Australian shellfish
aquaculture company.

Innovative. Diversified.
Sustainable. Ambitious.
Yumbah began its journey to being Australia’s shellfish aquaculture company as a pioneer of onshore abalone farming before expanding to mussel, oyster and oyster spat production. Yumbah production systems mimic natural processes, producing highest quality seafoods in managed conditions across diverse seascapes, reducing pressure on diminishing wild catch.
Yumbah is an Australian owned unlisted public company with a small group of long-term, ambitious shareholders who understand the power of patient capital and managing risk to unlock the value of premium shellfish.
We use the name “Yumbah” thanks to the generosity of the Yaegl people who are the traditional custodians of the Yaygirr language, where the word means “larger shellfish”. Yumbah acknowledges and pays respect to the Yaegl people, as well as to the Traditional Owners of those lands and waters wherever we operate, including the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, and the Barngala, Palawa, Bunurong, Kaurna, Worimi, Birpai, Darug and Gunditjmara people.

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Yumbah Aquaculture was recognised at the 2025 ASC Sustainable Seafood Awards Australia, winning Best Responsible Seafood Producer, and celebrating Yumbah’s Rebecca Pedler as a joint winner of Young Person in Aquaculture.

The Best Responsible Seafood Producer award acknowledges Yumbah’s commitment to sustainable aquaculture and environmental stewardship.

Yumbah CEO, David Wood said the recognition reinforces the company’s dedication to embracing environmental and social responsibility in every aspect of its operations. He also congratulated Rebecca Pedler as a joint winner of the Young Person in Aquaculture Award.

Australia’s leading shellfish aquaculture company, Yumbah, has completed a takeover bid to acquire East 33. East 33, Australia’s largest vertically integrated Sydney Rock Oyster producer, processor and distributor, will be delisted and integrated into Yumbah before  the end of 2024.

East 33 CEO Justin Welsh will join the Yumbah executive team. Yumbah farms abalone, oysters and mussels at sites in South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. With East 33 in its portfolio Yumbah strengthens a business model underpinned by producing a diversity of shellfish species across different geographies.

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