CLEAN Seas Tuna has released a photograph of a 22-day-old juvenile southern bluefin tuna that was bred at its onshore facility at Arno Bay.
Clean Seas chairman Hagen Stehr said the fish is one of many the company has kept alive since the broodstock began spawning early last month.
The fish are about 2.5 centimetres long and Mr Stehr said they are growing faster and faster with each day. Southern bluefin tuna are expected to reach about 10kg within their first 12 months of life.
The company is expecting to "go commercial" with the fish later this year when the temperature of the sea rises so the juveniles can be put into sea cages.
"The only thing that can stop us from making this a commercially viable proposition is human error ... otherwise we can now say we will have fish in the water sooner, rather than later," he said.
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