Huon Aquaculture is a large

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and food processing enterprise located in

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. Founded in 1986, Huon has grown to become the second largest salmon producer in the state, after

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listed Tassal; it employs 487 Tasmanians and produces 25,000 tonnes of salmon annually. It became a subsidiary of the Brazilian meat processing company

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in November 2021. Huon operates fish pens in

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, off

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, near Strahan, and Hideaway Bay, near

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, a fish processing, packing and value-added facility in Parramatta Creek, Tasmania. In 2020, Huon Aquaculture was convicted of environmental breaches in regard to its operations at Whale Point and fined $40,000. As of 2021, Huon has additional assets in Western Australia including a processing facility in Perth and a 2,200 hectare lease in the Mid West aquaculture zone. It was a majority family and employee owned company listed on the

, but was acquired by JBS in November 2021.

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* Seafood companies of Australia Companies based in Tasmania Companies formerly listed on the Australian Securities Exchange Companies established in 1986 1986 establishments in Australia Fish farming companies Aquaculture in Australia {{food-company-stub

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