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Welcome to ACH

The Australian Redclaw Crayfish Hatchery

ACH is the home of the world’s most advanced redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) hatchery, producing the healthiest, antibiotic-free, specific pathogen free (spf), fastest-growing Australian redclaw crayfish craylings.

What are Australian

CRAYFISH?

The Australian Redclaw Crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) or simply Redclaw is the crayfish species produced at ACH.

Redclaw crayfish are native to freshwater streams and lakes of Northern Queensland and the Northern Territory of Australia. A highly fertile and very tolerant of a broad range of environmental conditions and changes, redclaw is also known to have a simple reproductive cycle and fast growth rates. As such, it has became a highly-popular aquaculture for commercial farming.

Australian Redclaw Crayfish have a host of biological characteristics that make them a suitable species for aquaculture. They grow quickly, grow large and have simple dietary needs.

In Queensland, the industry is well developed and redclaw are relatively economical to produce. Production technology is simple and redclaw can be sold as live, cooked or frozen product. Queensland redclaw is recognised both domestically and internationally as a safe and healthy product.

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Australian Crayfish

What sets our

HATCHERY apart?

SUPERIOR BROODSTOCK

 

Eggs are sourced from selectively bred redclaw for superior growth and disease resistance and hatched at ACH’s state-of-the-art hatchery facility.

ANTIBIOTIC FREE CRAYLINGS

 

Australian Crayfish Hatchery (ACH) do not use antibiotics to treat eggs, making our craylings the safest and healthiest for human consumption

SAME AGE/SIZE BATCHES

 

ACH craylings are supplied in batches of the same age/size, thus significantly reducing size variations at harvest.

BIOSECURE LAB

 

Water quality, health and disease management are carefully monitored and controlled onsite in a specialised, purpose built, customized biosecure laboratory.

SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE CRAYLINGS

 

ACH craylings are cultured in a pathogen-free, state-of-the-art hatchery facility—the first of its kind in the world

BATCH-IN, BATCH-OUT STOCKING METHOD

 

ACH supplies craylings in batches suitable for stocking individual ponds, thus eliminating many of the costs associated with current stocking methods.

The Hatchery

THE

HATCHERY

The Australian Crayfish Hatchery is not only the world’s first hatchery, specifically established to solve industry-wide hatching losses, it is also the most advanced of its kind. 

Its highly-trained staff, led by Dr Lisa Elliott PhD, regularly deploys the latest disease monitoring and management techniques, resulting in proven significant decrease in mortality rates, increased survival rates, and overall healthier, antibiotic- free and and specific pathogen-free redclaw crayfish for the benefit of all stakeholders down the supply chain, be they growers, restaurateurs and consumers. 

Craylings

OUR

CRAYLINGS

Crayling Production is ACH’s Core Expertise

The Townsville-based Australian Crayfish Hatchery (ACH) sets a world standard in Redclaw crayling production, covering all aspects involved in the hatching process, including sourcing, selection, diagnostics, disease management, feeding, larvae rearing, storage and shipping to customers nationwide and globally.

All craylings leaving ACH’s premises to grow-out farmers are healthy, disease-free, antibiotic-free, and overall more resilient than any known craylings out there.  

Why Purchase Craylings from ACH?

We’ve been selling craylings both to local and overseas farmers since 2016. Over and beyond all the advantages featured in ACH’s lab, here’s why you should seriously consider switching to ACH’s ‘Batch-in, Batch-out’ (BIBO), same age, same size, disease-free premium craylings, with which to stock your ponds

  • Optimize your resources

  • Improve your productivity

  • Plan reliably for growth

  • Improve your profitability

Ordering ACH’s Premium Craylings

Out of Stock.

ACH BREEDING

FACILITY

Born Out of Necessity

ACH’s planned breeding facility is moving away from traditional breeding practices into the future, a vertical future that is. Like our state-of-the-art lab and hatchery, our intensive breeding facility will be a world-first, wholly dedicated—albeit initially—to the Australian redclaw crayfish.

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Indeed, the Future is Bright

By going vertical, we aim at unlocking the industry’s most acute stumbling block—namely a steady supply of eggs—and produce large numbers of quality eggs selected from superior genetics all year around, fully monitored for climatic and seasonal factors, all under one roof.

The Future is Now—Intensive Breeding Unit Stage 1 Completed

We’ve been popping the cork last week: ACH’s first intensive breeding unit is up and running. All its components have been installed and all drawers have been populated with healthy local redclaw. We’re now moving quickly to erect the remaining units and hope to complete the lot within the next three months. Stay tuned for the latest news on our blog

ACH Breeding Facility

The

Future

is

Bright

and

it’s

Vertical

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