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Huon Aqua

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Rating
Criticism, some praise

Salmon farmers

Huon, like its main competitor Tassal, operate salmon farms in the estuary at the mouth of the Huon River in Tasmania. Huon produces over 15,000 tonnes of Atlantic salmon and Ocean trout per year.

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Company Assessment

PRAISE CRITICISM INFORMATION
Huon Aquaculture Group Pty Ltd
Environment Australian Packaging Covenant signatory
Signatory to the Australian Packaging Covenant, a voluntary agreement to encourage waste minimisation.
Source: Australian Packaging Covenant (2020)
Environment 'Say No' rating at GoodFish
Huon Aqua operate salmon farms in Tasmania. GoodFish, Australia's Sustainable Seafood Guide recommends you 'say no' to farmed Atlantic salmon (Red rating). It's website states: produced in sea cages; carnivorous species that is dependent on wild caught fish that is manufactured into fish feed. While the amount of wild caught fish in feed has been reduced over recent years, the amount of wild-caught fish used in feed is currently more than the weight of salmon produced; localised impacts from salmon farming effluent are minor and short-lived; impacts of the industry on a broader ecological scale are less well understood; producers have reduced the use of antibiotics.
Source: GoodFish (2020)
Animals RSPCA Approved
Currently around 90% of Huon Salmon is raised to the RSPCA's animal welfare standards. Salmon on RSPCA Approved farms have a well-managed environment with clean, oxygen-rich water with plenty of space for swimming, protection from predators and handling in a low-stress manner.
Source: RSPCA (2020)
Business Ethics Global Salmon Initiative member
This company is a member of the Global Salmon Initiative, global leadership initiative founded and lead by salmon producers dedicated to determining the best measures by which their sector can grow sustainably.
Source: GSI (2014)
Business Ethics Sustainability claims
This company has sustainability claims on its website including efforts in the areas of fish welfare, wildlife management and minimising the impact on the local marine environment.
Source: company website (2014)
Environment How green and clean is Tasmanian salmon?
Transcript from the ABC's 7:30 Report (2009). Issues raised include use of antibiotics, damage to marine environment, use of 4kg of wild fish to produce 1kg of farmed salmon, being called the "battery hens of the sea". Please note however that reliance of wild caught fish has reduced in recent years, and in 2014 Huon claimed it uses 1.69kg of wild/forage fish to produce 1kg of farmed salmon.
Source: ABC (2009)
Business Ethics No tax paid in 2016/7
According to data released by the Australian Tax Office in Dec 2018, this company was one of 2,159 local and foreign-based companies that paid no tax in Australia in 2016-17. Please note however that companies pay income tax on profits, not revenue (total income). While some companies use tax havens and loopholes to avoid paying their fair share of tax in Australia, other companies that paid no tax have perfectly legitimate reasons.
Source: ATO (2018)

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Company Details

Type Private company
Employees 480+ in 2013

Contact Details

Address Dover, TAS, 7117, Australia
Phone 03 6295 8111
Fax 03 6295 8151
Email huonaqua@huonaqua.com.au
Website www.huonaqua.com.au

Products / Brands

Huon Aqua
Huon Frozen Fish


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