Science Centres: Fisheries

Unloading kingfish from NIWA’s live fish transportation tanker into the clients farm at Parengarenga and (above right) juvenile kingfish being loaded for delivery.

Tens of thousands of kingfish fingerlings have been delivered by NIWA to the largest land-based kingfish farm in the world. Further batches of kingfish will be produced by NIWA’s Bream Bay Aquaculture Park for the new farm. Peter Ferens, Business Manager for Parengarenga Incorporation, which built the new farm in Northland, says they are very pleased with the high quality of the fish and how they are performing.