Yumbah Named Top Primary Producer at SA Food Awards
Yumbah Aquaculture is celebrating a second successive win at the SA Premier’s Food and BeverageIndustry Awards, having taken home this year’s Primary Producer award. The Primary Producer category rewards excellence in sustainable production and a commitment topositively impacting agribusiness. Food South Australia hosted the awards at the Adelaide Convention Centre, to recognise SouthAustralian companies’ commitment […]
Yumbah CEO David Wood joins SIA Aquaculture Advisory Committee
We are proud that our CEO, David Wood, will be representing abalone and mussels on the newly formed Aquaculture Advisory Committee of the Seafood Industry Australia (SIA). This initiative by SIA to drive the future potential for the broad aquaculture industry is important and follows SIA absorbing the former National Aquaculture Council. The committee will […]
Major Sustainability Milestone
Yumbah Aquaculture earns a major sustainability milestone. Yumbah has secured an internationally recognised Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification for its four land-based abalone farms across Australia, a mark of the company’s longstanding commitment to sustainable farming. For further information please download the PDF below and please direct any queries to Madison West via mwest@porternovelli.com.au or […]
Request for Expressions of Interest:
Yumbah Aquaculture, Kangaroo Island, Aquaculture Development Masterplan Yumbah Aquaculture is seeking Expressions of Interest from South Australian landscape architects and planners to develop a Site Masterplan for its operations at Smith Bay on Kangaroo Island. For further information please download the PDF below and please direct any queries to David Connell via david.connell@yumbah.com DOWNLOAD MASTERPLAN PDF […]
KI Seaport “No” is Right for Kangaroo Island
The South Australian Government’s decision to refuse permission for the proposed KIPT Seaport atSmith Bay is right for Kangaroo Island. This is a victory for what makes Kangaroo Island special – a unique biosecure island whose environmentis internationally acclaimed. Yumbah and other businesses that rely on this environment are thankful for the decision.For more than […]
Yumbah Joins Seafood Industry Australia To Support Growth Strategy
Our CEO David Wood recently spoke to Seafood Industry Australia about why Yumbah has joined this peak industry body to support our growth strategy. ‘SIA has a great track record and having a peak industry body that is working proactively in the interests of it’s members is something we wanted to be part of’. Watch […]
Yumbah Aquaculture Acquires Cameron of Tasmania in Portfolio Build
Two leading private aquaculture companies have joined forces to form one of Australia’s largest shellfish producers. The move builds on existing Port Lincoln JV, and creates robust alliance to provide superior quality, year-round, diverse produce. Yumbah Aquaculture has entered into binding contracts to acquire family-run oyster farming business Cameron of Tasmania, as two leading shellfish […]
Sector booms as Asians happy to shell out for abalone
First published on The Australian Business Review, 21 January 2019. Click here to read the full article. Tim Rudge lovingly tends to every need of his unusual “herd” on the windswept rim of Bass Strait on Victoria’s far west coast. All 7.3 million of them — not cattle, but the stunning green and bright blue shelled abalone […]
Yumbah Aquaculture plans to increase juvenile abalone numbers by 16 million in two years
First published on Stock Journal, 20 February 2019. Click here to read the full article. Yumbah Aquaculture continues to grow its operations with work starting on a new farm at Narrawong, Vic, to complement its Port Lincoln, Kangaroo Island and Bicheno, Tas, operations with plans to produce an extra 16 million juvenile abalone within two years. Yumbah’s Port […]
Yumbah abalone big part of KI flavour at Aurora Ozone Hotel
First published on The Islander, 16 December 2018. Click here to read the full article. Abalone from Yumbah Aquaculture make up a big part of the amazing seafood menu at the Aurora Ozone Hotel. Kangaroo Island produce is key to the locally focussed menu, constantly updated by head chef Lenny Numa. He currently has confit of abalone on the […]