Our Salmon's Story
From Farm to Fork
Petuna understands consumers today want to know where their food comes from and that it is sustainably and ethically sourced, grown and processed.
We are dedicated to best practice sustainability across our entire supply chain as demonstrated by our top-tier BAP (Best Aquaculture Practice) 4-star accreditation. BAP is an international certification program based on scientific and continuously improved performance standards.
This extraordinary level of certification provides our consumers with the best possible guarantee of our ethical and sustainable practices.
The lifecycle of our salmon from farm to fork, tells the story of our superior approach to aquaculture.
What We Stand For
Petuna is committed to producing the highest quality, sustainably sourced seafood whilst responsibly maintaining the welfare of our fish and the environments in which we operate.
Best Practice
Hatchery
Cressy
The Great Lake lies at the heart of Tasmania’s Central Plateau and is the source of the pristine fresh water our salmonids rely on for the first 12 to 18 months of their lives, in our hatchery at Cressy.
Our state-of-the-art recirculation system uses less than five per cent of the water used in traditional hatcheries, significantly reducing our environmental footprint.
Sustainable practices at Petuna start with our breeding program at Cressy, where pure, cool water from the Central Highlands lakes provides our hatchlings with the best possible start in life.
Our Broodstock are nurtured and their offspring carefully reared and hand-graded before being transported to our marine farms.
Marine Farm
Macquarie Harbour & Rowella
Our smolt are transferred to Petuna’s marine sites at Macquarie Harbour and Rowella in custom designed fish transport tankers, where water temperatures and oxygen levels are monitored and controlled.
Petuna’s own marine farms are stocked at some of the lowest commercial stocking densities in the world. Conservative biomass management has always been and will continue to be an inherent company philosophy.
Processing Facility
Devonport
Petuna’s state-of-the-art on-water harvest systems are world’s best practice for animal welfare, transferring our fish from sea to tanker in less than 40 seconds.
At our processing facility in Devonport, salmon are processed the same day they are harvested.
Every part of the fish is used and there is no processing waste from the site. Petuna’s high quality organic by-products are converted into usable proteins, such as fish meal and oil, mixed with green waste to form compost and used as a protein and flavour concentrate for pet food.
