A group of fishermen aim to tap Asia’s lucrative abalone market by establishing Australia's first wild farm for the mollusk off Augusta.
But opponents claim it will threaten their livelihoods.
Ocean Grown Abalone has been running a pilot project to “ranch” green lip abalone at a 40 ha site in Flinders Bay since 2011 but wants to treble the farm’s size to boost production and make it commercially viable.
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