Major abalone facility set to help boost premium Aussie seafood exports to China

First appeared on XINHUA NET on 2 November 2017. Click here to read the full article. SYDNEY, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) — A major Australian producer of abalone, which forms one of the country’s top premium seafood exports to China, opened a new processing plant in South Australia’s state capital Adelaide on Thursday. The facility of Yumbah Aquaculture, […]

Yumbah opens new $1 million South Australian processing facility

Yumbah Aquaculture – the largest abalone producer in the southern hemisphere – has today officially opened its new million dollar Central Processing Facility at Wingfield, South Australia. Opened by The Honorable Leon Bignell MP, South Australia’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, the new facility – initially staffed by 12 full-time employees – will process […]

Abalone business booming on pristine coast

First published in the Warrnambool Standard 18 October 2017. Click here to read the full article. Yumbah Narrawong General Manager Tim Rudge, with Yumbah Director Jonathan Lillie. A south-west abalone farm manager credits the region’s unspoilt coastal environment with some of the success of the booming business. Yumbah Aquaculture Narrawong general manager Tim Rudge said […]

Top prize for abalone exporter

First published in The Portland Observer on 20 October 2017 – click here for the full article. A LOCAL abalone producer has won a prestigious Governor of Victoria Export Award “for outstanding international success.” Yumbah Aquaculture Narrawong general manager Tim Rudge accepted the agribusiness award from Governor Linda Dessau at Government House in Melbourne on […]

Soap, Stocks And Abalone Win Victorian Export Awards

First released by the Minister for Trade and Investment, 17 October 2017. Click here to read the full article. Victoria’s best exporters were acknowledged at the 38th Governor of Victoria Export Awards (GOVEAs), with businesses in digital stock trading, goat soap and abalone each taking home prestigious awards. Pepperstone Group, DPP Pharmaceuticals and Yumbah Aquaculture […]

Iron Chef All Stars event

Yumbah Aquaculture was a proud event partner at the Iron Chef All Stars event at Sydney Opera House. Iron Chef Chinese Kenichi Chen’s dish was a Shisen Hanten style slow cooked Yumbah abalone with iyo no miso and abalone liver sauce. Michelin Star Chef Kentaro Chen (also featured) plated up Ehime Iyokan infused Sichuan spiced […]

Abalone farming: David Connell of Yumbah Aquaculture finds his sea legs

First appeared on The Weekly Times online, 16 August 2017 – Click here to read the full article. Out of his shell: David Connell of Yumbah Aquaculture, which produces abalone on Kangaroo Island in South Australia. Photo: Kelly Barnes WHEN David Connell started working in abalone aquaculture two decades ago, the industry was in its infancy […]

Abalone’s winning way

First published in the Portland Observer, 9 August 2017. BILL MELDRUM A NARRAWONG-BASED abalone farm is hoping to make further inroads into its export markets after a record production year and a morale boosting best dish award at a high-profile Japanese cooking event. The farm produced 170 tonnes of abalone for the financial year ended June […]