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Study Sites
Bathurst Island
Awarange Bay, South Sulawesi
Hurun Bay, Lampung
Ayong Farm, Lampung
Bathurst Island
(Marine Harvest barramundi farm, Northern Territory, Australia)
Port Hurd, Bathurst Island, is a high energy environment, with an 8m
tidal range and 2 knot tidal currents. In August 2005 the farm was the
only industrialised sea cage farm in Southeast Asia and was holding 1,300
tonnes of barramundi.
Unfortunately, the farm was severely damaged by bad weather in January
2006 and by February the farm was holding only about 100 tonnes of
barramundi. The Port Hurd farm was subsequently decommissioned.
Photo 1: Marine Harvest barramundi farm showing original cage setup.
Photo A.D. McKinnon
Photo 2: Circular cages at Marine Harvest.
Photo A.D.
McKinnon
Photo 3: Feeding time at the farm.
Photo A.D. McKinnon
Photo 4: Harvesting the barramundi.
Photo A.D. McKinnon
Photo 5: Barramundi from farm.
Photo Marine Harvest
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Awarange Bay, South Sulawesi
Awarange Bay is located in Barru Regency, South Sulawesi Province, on
the southwest coast of the island of Sulawesi. The bay is crescent-shaped,
5.4 km2 in area with a 1.2 m tidal range and mean depth of 14
m, with fringing coral reefs occupying most of the bay entrance and
mangroves and seagrass beds inhabiting most of the southern end of the
bay.
Photo 6: Awarange Bay cage site.
Photo A.D. McKinnon
Photo 7: Collecting mud samples at Awarange Bay.
Photo A.D.
McKinnon
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Hurun Bay, Lampung
Hurun Bay is located in Lampung Regency on the northwest coast of the
Gulf of Lampung in southern Sumatra. The bay is horseshoe-shaped and1.5 km2
in area with a 1.8 m tidal range. Three small rivers flow into Hurun Bay
and the average depth is 12m. Near the northern inlet of the bay mouth
there are sets of fish cages that are operated by BBL (Balai Budidaya Laut
laboratory, Mariculture Development Centre, Lampung) for the purpose of
developing marine fish culturing techniques.
Photo 8:
Hurun Bay fish cages.
Photo
A.D. McKinnon
Photo 9: Cutting up trash fish for feeds.
Photo
A.D. McKinnon
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Ayong Farm, Lampung
Ayong farm is a commercial grouper farm located in Lampung Regency on
the northwest coast of the Gulf of Lampung in southern Sumatra to the
south of Hurun Bay.
Photo 10: Ayong Farm, Lampung.
Photo A.D. McKinnon
Photo 11: Workers at Ayong Farm.
Photo A.D. McKinnon
Photo 12:
Grouper from Ayong Farm.
Photo A.D. McKinnon
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October 28, 2008
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