Victorian Shellfish Farmers Mussel Into More Water in Port Phillip Bay
Lance Wiffen is continuing a family tradition of farming on the Bellarine Peninsula, but unlike his forebears, he does not work the land.
Whereas most farmers grow their produce in orchards and paddocks, Wiffen farms the sea producing many tonnes of shellfish every year.
Wiffen’s father and grandfather were both dairy farmers. He had initially planned to continue in their footsteps but instead bought a small scallop boat with his father in the 1970s...
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