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Backers of a multi-million-dollar aquaculture precinct mooted for Esperance are hopeful of luring major seafood companies to the greenfields site.

Margaret River wine will be fermented on the ocean floor under a new trial led by a WA abalone company and French underwater winery innovator

Sustainability accreditations are helping WA businesses sell produce internationally.

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Ocean Grown Abalone is seeking to raise $2.9 million through a one-for-eight rights issue to progress the feasibility and development of its Esperance hatchery and grow-out project in Western Australia.

Hard work, a lean supply chain and premium quality help make WA lobster a popular delicacy in China.

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Major WA agribusinesses plan new investments to create scale and efficiency, while smaller operators are cooperating to access new markets with niche products.

Bremer Bay-based 888 Abalone has accused Ocean Grown Abalone of breaching a supply agreement by planning a future development for a hatchery.

Fremantle-based Ocean Grown Abalone has been granted a licence to develop 5,000 artificial reefs to harvest greenlip abalone at the company's Flinders Bay lease, located in Augusta.

ASX-listed Huon Aquaculture has been granted a license to operate an aquaculture farm off Geraldton, while Fremantle-based Ocean Grown Abalone has awarded a $2.7 million contract to build a processing facility in Augusta.

An upgrade to a meat processing plant at Katanning, a chicken feed mill in Muchea, a new piggery at Moora and a live lobster holding facility in Welshpool are the latest in a string of investments that will boost the agribusiness sector in Western Australia.

Poultry producer Ingham's Chicken will invest more than $70 million to build a new feed mill near Muchea as part of a plan to grow production volumes in Western Australia.

PHOTO ESSAY: Workers from Ocean Grown Abalone will install 5,000 concrete habitats, or Abitats, at Augusta during the next 18 months as part of anexpansion of the company's aquaculture business.

The aquaculture and fisheries industries are both attracting investor interest as businesses float significant growth plans.

A Singaporean businessman plans to advance the potential of WA's $7 billion-plus agriculture export market.

Augusta seafood group Ocean Grown Abalone's $5 million fund raising campaign is progressing under the stewardship of adviser View Street Partners, with the launch of its official offer document as

Western Australian businesses are being drawn to the long-term growth opportunities offered by the aquaculture sector as increasing demand from Asia drives investment.

The southern town of Augusta will be home to a new artificial reef as a Western Australian company uses local technology to improve productivity in abalone ranching.

The state government has granted approval for an Augusta-based aquaculture company to expand its abalone production.