Half way between Adelaide and Perth is the Eyre Peninsula –
at the bottom of this Barren expanse of wheat farming and
wilderness lies Boston Bay.
3.5 times the size of Sydney Harbour, Boston Bay is where the
desert meets the sea, an area of spectacular rugged seas and coastal
savannah.
At the heart of Boston Bay lies Port Lincoln, home to Australia’s
largest commercial tuna fishing fleet and hub of both the wild
harvest and aquaculture fisheries in South Australia.
The attraction for fishermen and aquaculture companies to this
remote part of the world are the cold, nutrient rich waters of the
Great Southern Ocean. Fed by the upwellings from Antarctica
and carried up to the Australian mainland by the legendary “roaring Forties” of the Southern Seas, the waters of Boston Bay
have long held a world wide reputation for the quality of the Tuna,
Prawns, Abalone, Crayfish and Whiting.
Of recent times, a number of aquaculture seafood’s have been
added to this list – Oysters, Abalone and now Black Mussels. |
