RSPCA Visits Huon

–Richard Mussell and Talulah Gaunt –

As the country’s first and only seafood farmer to be admitted to the RSPCA’s Approved Farming Scheme we are always keen to highlight our ongoing focus on fish welfare, and a recent visit from RSPCA Australia was no exception. Due to COVID, new(ish) CEO Richard Mussell and Scheme Manager Talulah Gaunt hadn’t been able to come for a tour so they had a lot to catch-up!

Richard and Talulah spent time at our freshwater hatcheries in the South followed by an on-water tour (these Canberra-based people could not believe the amount of sunshine here in Tas!) and completed their visit with a tour of the Parramatta Creek processing facility. The RSPCA’s Standard focuses on ensuring good fish farming practices, handling, husbandry and management—in essence, that fish have space to swim normally in oxygen-rich water, can school with other fish, are handled in a low-stress manner and are slaughtered humanely.

–Huon’s farms are subject to scheduled and unscheduled assessments and the harvest is recorded by CCTV and can be reviewed anytime at the request of the RSPCA. –

We encourage all consumers to do their research and make sure the protein they buy has been farmed with a focus on welfare, and in respect of Australian farmed and caught seafood, Huon is the only seafood producer to meet the RSPCA’s detailed animal welfare standards.

So when you’re buying salmon, buy Huon Salmon.