[1] In 2006-2007 the ASX-listed company Western King Fish Ltd invested $8 million in aquaculture projects at Jurien Bay including a Yellowtail Kingfish venture.
[2] Indian Ocean Fresh Australia has had a series of successful trials growing mulloway initially in 2008, then Yellowtail kingfish in 2011, supported by the West Australian government.
Kingfish broodstock was initially caught at the nearby Abrolhos Islands and eggs were hatched and cultured after six weeks at the Challenger Institute of Technology in Fremantle.
[6] In September 2020, Indian Ocean Fresh Australia announced that it would suspend its kingfish farming operations for at least 12 months,[7] after a difficult year of supply chains disrupted by COVID19 border closures and lockdowns.
[9] Indian Ocean Fresh Australia's competitor Huon Aquaculture has the largest lease in the zone, some 2,200 hectares, but as of August 2020 had not commenced any fish farming activity within it.