By SeafoodSource staff 
11/17/2009 1:03:16 PM - Time magazine has recognized Clean Seas Tuna as one of its 50 Best Inventions of 2009.

The Australian aquaculture company’s breakthrough in southern bluefin tuna breeding was named the world’s second best invention behind NASA’s Ares 1 rocket and ahead of the AIDS vaccine.

“By coaxing the notoriously fussy southern bluefin to breed in landlocked tanks, Clean Seas may finally have given the future of bluefin aquaculture legs (or at least a tail),” said Time.

“Our achievement is a world first and a major stepping stone to presenting the world with a sustainable food resource for the future,” said Hagen Stehr, Clean Seas founder. “It is with confidence that Clean Seas Tuna will shortly commence commercializing its achievements to grow and produce southern bluefin tuna.”

Last month, the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna agreed to a 20 percent cut in the southern bluefin tuna quota for 2010 and 2011.

This weekend, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas agreed to slash the 2010 eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna quota by more than one-third.

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I had to comment this some how "extremely" important news "Ahead of Aids Vaccine"... Clean Seas Tuna has rose lot of money in the past years because of their claim of aquaculture A to Z of Southern Bluefin Tuna, that's very good news for the share holders but where are the tuna? I came in this business in 1989 when yellowfin tuna was not even known in Europe, and I have seen and heard lot of things about bluefin and tuna in general. Stocks are lowering faster than the dollar is shrinking against the Euro and concern about calling bluefin "has been" is growing at light speed. But still, every year, every season Bluefin is available worldwide at a rocket high price. Now if you can "cultivate" Bluefin you are the King of the Seas, because not only Japan and US will stand in the line for this high priced protein resource but the entire world, everywhere, anytime will do so. OK that's the best business anyone could have created in years into the somehow "not that good seafood business" but again, where is the tuna? Please hit me if I'm wrong but there is nothing getting out of Clean Seas but fabulous news about artificial bluefin tuna breeding. Please wake me up when the first Farmed 100kg tunas are getting out of Oceania continent. I'm sure it will occur one day, have no doubt about it... But When? As Mr. Stehr is saying since years... Soon.

JF Bodin

jeff@moalia.com