And the spread of the POMS (Pacific oyster mortality syndrome) virus has proved devastating to some oyster farmers, such as Tasmania’s Barilla Bay Oysters, once one of the State’s largest which saw 70 ...

Justin Goc of Barilla Bay Oysters said the sensor network would have signifiant benefits for his operation. There are about 50 oyster farms in Tasmania, with the industry generating $43m last ...

The island didn’t have a lot of apparel factories, so Harvey turned her attention to the cornerstone of its economy: agriculture, including oyster farming. The Yield was born in that transition.

It follows an outbreak of gastroenteritis over Easter involving around 100 Tasmanians and up to 80 Victorians who ate Barilla Bay oysters harvested from a lease at Dunalley in the south-east.