MBD announced it has purchased the Ayr based tiger prawn and cobia farmer, Pacific Reef Fisheries – including the land and permits needed to construct a new 259 hectare state-of-the-art prawn and seaweed production facility at Guthalungra, near Bowen.

Exmoor Station at Bloomsbury will be developed as a major aquaculture operation by its new owner, the Tassal Group.

The old poser that wheat varieties of the past are tougher in tough conditions has been debunked, with QUT researchers involved in the work.