Feeding & Swimming with farmed Tuna

G’day again! We had another great day out again recently when Matt Waller of Adventure Bay Charters took a group of us out to his tuna farm. Another corker day was had swimming with & feeding the farmed Southern Bluefin Tuna & watching them in a feeding frenzy is a sight to behold. Fresh pilchards are thrown out to the blue rockets & nothing is wasted as the 65 tuna, compete for the food. On the feeding platform you can also handfeed as well by holding onto the pilchards by the tail & with the bait slightly submerged, the tuna will take the pilchard right outof your hand. Its great stuff!

Whats even better though is actually donning mask & snorkel & jumping in the play pen itself. As the tuna feed from just below the surface, diving down deeper underwater is a great place to view the spectacle. They are lightening quick, super strong & incredibly graceful & in the crystal clear waters of Port Lincolns Boston Bay waters, its a great way to spend a morning. The attraction is a worlds first & for those that arn’t as keen to get into the water, Matt is now putting in a underwater viewing tunnel, so you can see exactly whats happening down there & study this powerful species & staying dry !

There are also a mass of Australian Salmon in the farm as well. These enter the net which is the enclosure of the tuna farm & feed of any small remains of the pilchards. They then grow that big that they cannot go back out of the net, so they end up being playmates with the tuna. As a little party trick for the kids, Matt produces a fishing rod & gives the kids a chance to haul in a salmon which makes a great morning for all.