Oyster spat live12/28/2023 ![]() Guests enjoy local produce along with our fresh oysters on a daily basis in either the restaurant or the shop. With views over the Barilla Bay Oyster Farm and the Coal Valley the establishment has carved a unique path for aqua-tourism in Tasmania. The next major stage of development for Barilla Bay Tasmania was the opening of an a la carte restaurant and shop (to replace the ‘farm shop’) in 2004. Live oysters, opened oysters, oyster meat (when available) and from time to time, Angasi Oysters (native Tasmanian), as well as many other wonderful Tasmanian products can now be purchased from the shop. Customers can now watch their oysters being opened and have the satisfaction of knowing that their purchase is ‘fresh out of the water’. In 1992 a ‘Farm Shop’ was opened selling oysters direct to the public. In 1989, the first batch of Barilla Bay Oysters was exported to the USA and markets were developed in Japan, Hong Kong, UK and Singapore. Barilla Bay is now a major supplier of live oysters to local and mainland markets. Regular health department checks confirm Barilla Bay Oyster Farm's continuous compliance with rigorous Tasmanian health codes. This processing establishment was one of the first to be accredited to export oysters to America, complying with the strict USA import requirements. In 1988, the addition of a ‘Processing Shed’ enabled the company to process, split and pack shellfish. In doing so, the company has helped pioneer the production of a 'single seeded oyster', which in turn meant developing new techniques in growing oysters to maturity, finally changing the face of the oyster farm by removing the uncertainty of catching juvenile oysters on 'sticks' in the wild. To ensure total quality management, the company became a major shareholder in Tasmania's largest Oyster Hatchery. ![]() Spat may be obtained from natural sources or from a hatchery. ![]() 2.1 Spat collection A reliable source offering sufficient quantities of spat of the desired species is critical to successful oyster culture. The methods used are discussed in detail in the sections that follow. Unhappy with conventional methods of farming which produced oysters of irregular quality, Barilla Bay Tasmania set about developing new methods of cultivating oysters to further enhance the quality of their product, some of which are widely used today in Australian aquaculture farms. Oyster culture can be divided into two stages, spat collection and grow-out.
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