Oyster company bounces back from Coffin Bay shutdown

Major South Australian oyster producer Angel Seafood has reported record sales in 2021 despite a four-week closure due to a disease outbreak in the lead up to Christmas that cost it more than $1.7 million in lost sales and refunds.

Coffin Bay oysters targeted in ASX takeover bid

A Queensland fund manager has launched a $32 million takeover bid of listed Eyre Peninsula oyster company Angel Seafood.

A proposal to develop an oyster lease off the end of the Point Gibson spit at Streaky Bay is causing community concern. Picture: David Lewis.

Streaky Bay battle over oyster spat for spit

Residents, business owners and oyster growers in the Eyre Peninsula town of Streaky Bay are battling a proposal to develop a five-hectare oyster lease in what they say is an environmentally sensitive and visually prominent part of the bay known as The Spit.

Kangaroo Island neighbours still divided over proposed sea port

A Kangaroo Island abalone farm has announced a million-dollar upgrade on the basis that a proposed timber export seaport 200 hundred metres away has been scrapped – despite the timber company saying its planning for the port was very much “still on track”.

Long road to recovery begins for SA oyster industry

The state’s embattled oyster industry is set to increase production more than three years after a seed shortage crippled supply, according to BDO EconSearch.

Expert report warns of “overwhelming threat” to KI abalone farm

A deep-sea timber port planned for Smith Bay on Kangaroo Island’s northern coast would likely kill a nearby abalone farm’s entire stock and ruin its business, a marine biologist says.