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The
Queensland Department of Primary
Industries (DPI) says the initial
commercial harvest of black tiger prawns raised in
bore water has offered hope of a developing new
industry.
The trial was conducted at Bauple, north of Gympie in
the state's south-east, providing chefs and consumers
with large, high quality, fresh prawns with a sweet
flavour, distinctive colour and firm texture.
The DPI's fisheries biologist, Dr Adrian Collins, says
consumer response to the first harvest has led to the
grower planning to increase production by expanding
his ponds.
Dr Collins says the trial holds great hope for farmers
looking to diversify.
"Well, the first trial was done with a local grower
there and we set up a series of small ponds and we
harvested in mid-January," he said.
"We got the equivalent to around three tonnes a
hectare, we think we can do a bit better than that,
our survival was very good and the opportunity for a
high yield and better returns are there, but we need
to do a bit of work on that." |
