Our ultimate goal is to supply craylings all year round to growers so that they no longer need to dedicate (waste) ponds for brood stock and juvenile production. This will allow the farmer to utilise all ponds to grow-out which will obviously increase farm production.
The supply of craylings out of the normal breeding season means ponds harvested in autumn or winter don’t have to stay empty until the natural breeding season occurs in spring.
If you only want broodstock to begin a farm or to refresh the genetic vigour of an existing farm, then consider this:
For the cost of a hundred good quality brood stock redclaw you can purchase 10,000 craylings and begin your grow-out immediately rather than wait and hope your brood-stock lives up to your expectations.
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Reasons to use hatchery produced craylings
Farm Management
For the first time redclaw farmers will be able to stock a pond with an exact quantity of craylings which reduces much of the guess work of management and husbandry!
All the craylings are exactly the same age and growth rates are more uniform.
With experience you will be able to predict with more certainty the pond bio-mass, allowing better feed /water quality management and estimate final production.
Genetics
Many farmers have not brought fresh genetics onto their farm for fear of importing disease. No matter how well you’ve managed your brood stock, it’s only a matter of time before you start losing hybrid vigour.
The exceptional health status of our craylings is a great way of safely importing fresh genetics into your farm without risking the introduction of new pathogens or parasites. Studies by Karen Willows (DPI) and JCU into the genetic diversity of the North Queensland farm stocks have demonstrated that we have the necessary genetic diversity to maintain healthy genetic vigour.
Tolga strain
Soon we will also have available the new Tolga strain developed by the North Queensland Crayfish Farmers Association and James Cook University with funding by RIRDC.
This circular selective breeding project started in 2007, will run for at least 5 years and has incorporated 10 different redclaw strains.
Selection has focused on growth and has began to show some solid result and looks set to continue making increases in growth rate.
Cost savings
If you are setting up a new farm and need stock to get started; then using our craylings means you can buy larger quantities cheaper, with less transport costs, less heath risks and better survival than buying advanced juveniles that were produced, grown and harvested from ponds and transported dry.
