Australia Now Looking for Investors to Build $1.45 Billion Shrimp Farming Operation
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] July 28, 2015
A $1.45 billion prawn farm that will create 1,600 direct jobs and produce more than 100,000 tonnes of prawns a year has been awarded Major Project Status by the Australian and Northern Territory Governments.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss said the granting of Major Project Status recognises the project’s potential to provide significant economic opportunities to the NT and kick-start private investment across the north.
“This is the type of project we want to encourage across northern Australia. It is visionary and comes at the right time to meet surging global demand and takes advantage of northern Australia’s inherent benefits of space, location and opportunity,” Truss said...
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