Barramundi Industry Production Summary

The Situation Analysis of Farmed Barramundi Marketing provides a summary of farmed barramundi production across Australia. The following table reproduced from the ABARE Annual Fisheries Statistics Booklets gives an indication of production trends:

Farmed barramundi production (tonnes) and average farm gate prices ($/kg) 1996/1997 to 1999/2000

Source	96/97	97/98	98/99	99/00
Australia	555 t $9.72	627t $11.04	775 t $10.09	814 t $9.70
QLD	417 $8.99	434 $9.78	515 $8.77	600 $9.00
SA	138 $11.90	193 $13.89	249 $12.82	184 $11.90
NSW	n/a	n/a	11 $10.18	30 $10.13
NT	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

The Queensland Department of Primary Industries produces an annual Report to Farmers containing state aquaculture industry statistics the barramundi section is reproduced in full in the following PDF document:

Queensland Farmed Barramundi Production Statistics (71kb)