freshwater fish

Barramundi

An increasingly popular fish with chefs and home cooks, Barramundi is as delicious as it is easy to prepare. Barramundi is a tropical fish, but we grow it right here in Victoria in a state-of-the-art aquaculture centre.

It is a native of the tropical waters to Australia’s north and its range extends right up into Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. It is known globally as Asian Sea Bass, but in the 1980s it was renamed with the indigenous word ‘Barramundi’ from the Darambal and Gangalu indigenous people from the Fitzroy River, west of Rockhampton. Today a whopping 60% of Barramundi consumed in Australia is raised on foreign fish farms in Asia.

 
 
 

Victorian Barramundi is raised on a farm at Wyndham in Melbourne’s west and sold under the brand Infinity Blue. The fish are grown in warm spring water that is naturally heated by geothermal springs fed from an ancient aquifer that links Hepburn Springs and the Peninsula Hot Springs. Free from industrial or biological pollutants, it helps the fish achieve a mild and sweet flavour. Harvested year round at plate size, the Barramundi have a natural layer of fat under the skin which means the fish are consistently succulent.

SEASON:
All year round