Prawn farming in the outback 🦐 | Movin’ to the Country | ABC Australia

In Esk, country Queensland, entrepreneur Martin Zhang is risking everything to prove he can farm seafood anywhere in the world, even out in the bush.
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[@herbmarsh8519]

Congrats man, Australia needs more people like the both of you.Keep up with your plan and I hope you reach your dream and even go beyond it. Well done mate.

[@kdjat]

Wishing Martin the very best! He's onto something!

[@ianrobinson8974]

BRILLIANT Thank you for having the courage to come to Australia and conclude you technical knowledge

[@bonobo3748]

Welcome to Australia mate! Bloody legend

[@northcoastbandit8561]

Great work Martin! With food shortages in the world, we need people like you!

[@frankandrews58]

Aussie of the year for me!! Hope we back him so he does not have to get finance from overses. As other here have written he is a true Aussie and an absolute legend.

[@auz2424]

What a bloody champion!!! We definitely need more people like him & his mates in Australia! They're one of the backbones of this country.

[@jimsta10]

"Im an Aussie now, 95% Aussie..." that's a ripper statement...aquaponics 2.0l!

[@disgruntledvet4849]

people like this man will save the planet not virtue signalling or buying electric cars

[@DavidCliveMorris]

Absolutely fantastic story.

[@EchoBravo370]

Great idea. If done on a mass scale, it would also allow ocean fish stocks to replenish from over-fishing.

[@bonobo3748]

Good point

[@elliotstevens8917]

Potentially, it doesn’t say what the feedstock is though, other aquaculture can actually be very resource intensive as the feedstock needed weighs more than the final animal product to be eaten. If they eat mangoes, apples, lemons or papaya then this truely is a closed loop system!

[@brettpearce5574]

Ban ocean fishing

[@joedennehy386]

You don't understand the vastness of the ocean, its 2 and a half times bigger than all the land everywhere. But we just use ten metres of the surface, the ocean averages over 2 km deep. So it's bigger than all the land on earth by 2.5 x 200.

[@tanjowil9743]

Good you, Martin, wishing you and your family all the fortune in the world.

[@wilsonng911]

Regional Australia should embrace technology, innovation and skilled people to come to invest.

[@tamphex]

I wouldn't exactly describe the township of Esk as "outback" but this is pretty interesting just the same.

[@Robert-cu9bm]

If it has a maccas is not the outback.

[@bonobo3748]

@@Robert-cu9bm lol that's a good scale to go off actually

[@QuanTran-un2jl]

What a Legend. This is why we are Australians! Yellow, Black or White. We innovate to make a difference!!! Good work boys love it!

[@bonobo3748]

Slowly becoming the most multicultural society on the planet

[@AK-wb6md]

I love this guy. Brilliance!

[@charlescraig8994]

The protein skimmer has been around since the 50's in home aquarium use.

[@waynefawkes1556]

All the best in your venture , and good luck to your family.

[@David_Glazebrook]

Good luck Martin. I believe you're onto a winner!

[@aussiepressconferences.4755]

What’s great inventions and courage to make it happen. Great work guys. !!!!

[@mxtthompson]

Nice work Martin!!! Keep going!

[@captainhickey2608]

Brilliant innovation! Can Martin's work be followed anywhere on social media?

[@paultherockhound7277]

Well done this is so good 👍

[@stephenmiller2161]

Good luck guys and best wishes on your projects

[@1971bretto]

I really enjoyed watching this from an engineering and technology perspective. The prawn skimmer, Martin's invention must rely on numerous sensors and IoT devices that detect high protein levels in the water and extract them. Talk about sustainability, not just an inland aquaculture farm - even the by-products and waste materials are put to good use to fertilize the orchid. Great stuff! You and your son are Aussie legends Martin Zhang!!

[@bebelei245]

Good luck to him - The Australian dream!!!

[@phillipzammit454]

Good work, I love their ambition 👍

[@JJ-gl3qr]

This is actually revolutionary

[@LVNITUPM8]

Am aussie now! That's the spirit mate

[@HauTran-sunfromsouth]

Beautiful great well done!! Happy for him & his famers is successful, step by step. Hardworking is deserve the final successful results after all ❤❤❤

[@kirbokirbo]

Movin' to the country, Gonna eat me a lot of peaches. Gonna fertilise my fruit trees, with some inland prawn faeces.

[@maxmachina2494]

Good luck Martin 👍

[@brettpearce5574]

Brilliant thinking

[@theoloutlaw]

Genius!

[@lansvale28]

Great work 👍

[@jasminhembrow9400]

Great. Great guys.

[@baliretreatadvisorbaliretr4499]

Inspirational!

[@bobbebbington5356]

It is good to see someone thinking outside the square. We can have seafood with polluting the ocean or waterways.

[@WoodysOpinion101]

Lol nice try

[@Wulguru]

Good luck to him!

[@wayne_3791]

This is an AMAZING MAN!!! Seafood production could be done anywhere and include the benefit of the free by-product fertilizer for land-based vegetable and fruit production. Imagine every vegetable farm in Australia could have a small-scale seafood production on site for increased profits AND free, nutrient-rich fertilizer. Aquaponics with fresh-water species is OK, but the product is of lower value/demand than salt-water species and MUCH higher risk of water-borne disease. So it has much less potential to become something that vegetable and fruit farmers adopt as a value adds to their agricultural business. Whereas with his "protein filtration system" and saltwater species, there is HUGE potential for inland farmers to have small-scale, high-value/profit output AND gain free nutrient-rich fertilizer in the process. And our Oceans, well they would flourish with decreased seafood being taken from the sea as land-based production took over as the main source. I'm in awe of this man's drive and innovation! Bloody good job mate!

[@claytonbarrington89]

Best of luck Martin!!!

[@timtwotone3561]

Well done!

[@krispykruzer]

Congrats man🎉🎉🎉

[@dongawilson139]

Brilliant

[@markmcallan973]

Awesome 👍

[@lmvcnn]

The system seems silimlar to " fish & vegetable aquaponics" in which plants and prawns are beneficial to each other, however, it may needs extra inputting to balance the outputting and consuming.

[@michaelfrew3127]

Very cleaver man👍

[@thorout8377]

Absolute beautiful work mate! I'm happy too invest with you...

[@nibinvalerian6537]

Hii sir am prawn framing technition i will help you

[@aussiepressconferences.4755]

They look like brothers.

[@DanielSmith-vp5vn]

very cool

[@delailama736]

Since when is 100km from an ocean considered the middle of Australia or the outback?

[@SuperJammz]

Since the generation of opinions are more important than facts.

[@roythurston7799]

Brilliant 👍🏿

[@rickthelian2215]

Wonderful Farming Tiger Prawns...😀

[@augustusomega4708]

Aquaponics with tiger prawns brilliant, but you;re gonna need land closer to brisbane to cut the oil out of your food and probably cut the dirt out of the food too.

[@PsychoSting]

I hope this works out out out goes big

[@ryanridley554]

Great but 100ks from Brisbane isn't the outback

[@thecookeman]

Great interview and imagine the boon to the local town. Sustainable prawns with much larger density! Awrsome to see people thinking out the box, and his location looks very tranquil and plenty of room for expansion I myself have just started my aquaponic journey, there is alot to setup and initially do but the rewards are two and even 3 fold. Fish/yabbies to eat, plants you grow and the soluble raw fish waste for fruit trees!

[@rouruinapataanga9410]

That is great we’ll done Martin

[@stuartkcalvin]

Nice piece ABC, beats RN any day.

[@sal8331]

Man needs to make a bigger bbq cheers good stuff mate

[@herrysamudra]

Question is whether the price of the prawn is market friendly. The imported prawn could be much, much cheaper

[@psychedelicprawncrumpets9479]

Mmmm prawns 😃🦐

[@keithschmidt6418]

Guess someone with your name would watch this prawn clip, bit different then grid sparta 😅

[@StuartChignell]

How do we get in touch with Martin if we would like to know more or collaborate?

[@evilsbrother8247]

Hit up Smik Concreting from Prinzlau QLD they worked on the project.

[@anguscameron561]

Protein skimmers have been around for a hundred years but goog application. So your protein skimmer doesnt remove any salt because you can irrigate salt water?

[@zephheine9681]

yum

[@sangtea_fanai]

wow,my dream job

[@dont_listen_to_Albo]

Where does Martin gets his salt water from?

[@sreee3897]

Hi.. Am very much interested in learning this.. Could you please suggest me the way to approach him and spend some quality time..

[@jonh9561]

Interesting idea but is it viable at a commercial scale?

[@randiaune5219]

Successful people don't become that way overnight. What most people see at a glance- wealth, a great career, purpose-is the result of hard work and hustle over time. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life..

[@johnstimpson6834]

What a shame I can't write my true feelings. Shame

[@RelaxingSounds-ev6zz]

Esk isn’t the outback lol. It’s about as green as you can get out there with rolling green hills.

[@joedennehy386]

Good on them, marron farming

[@fromatic2]

Awesome

[@cameronalexander359]

Might be the outback to an ABC journalist...

[@stevos14a]

Not sure that Esk is the outback, bit of a click bait video title.

[@ryanirvine3196]

It’s bio floc technology it’s been around for years. Good stuff though trying to perfect it. Well done

[@waterboi4846]

its maintenance heavy nd requires constant energy consumption one black out or short circuit and all those prawns are dead

[@billybobwombat2231]

Esk, outback 🤔🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@zoeydeu2261]

These prawns are probably cleaner than wild prawns, and unlikely to have microplastics, chemicals and drugs in their flesh

[@user-sz3nn2lb6u]

aha, love to see this guy brought how we Chinese do farming in China to Down under. G'd on u

[@cdropbox]

nice documentey

[@residentenigma7141]

As opposed to free-range.

[@philmaker2943]

Well done, food matters :-). Drop by for a coffee in Darwin

[@bendrover]

Salt water huh nice

[@ruthnoronha8206]

Looking for investors. He is a talker. How much would the prawns cost????

[@annoyedlemon]

she didnt even peel the prawn before she ate it has she ever eaten a prawn

[@prizecowproductions]

A lot of vested interests will be trying to derail this one. How much money is tied up in Northern Australia's Prawning fleet. Good luck.

[@neilmckechnie6638]

if these industries are cash-rich and wise, maybe they should invest in Martin's idea or form a cooperative where like minded prawn farmers can group together to farm on a small scale like Martin but group together to obtain economies of scale to get the best price from the market and at the same time share best practise. The plus points would be more self-start farmers in employment, a boost to the economy in rural areas which are desperately in need of saving and through networking fewer travel miles from farm to consumer. If harnessed with appropriate solar and wind power micro-electricity generation, the energy required to run an aquaculture farm could be reduced to near zero, given that rural land in Australia is comparatively cheap and planning restrictions for solar and wind micro-generation systems would be less onerous. With regard to the mixed orchard, this is an excellent way to turn a waste product into a benefit, towards full circle farming I would jusmp at the chance to manage such a farm.

[@prizecowproductions]

@@neilmckechnie6638 I was once going to change careers and even states to learn Aqua Culture then I learned how much Industry funds new thinking. In Australia the best ideas are often stolen after forcing the original idea holder out of the market. Have you been eating Kelp products lately, grown on shore of course. It was only two years of public release 5 years back.

[@AnDo-mb6pk]

Amazing. Australia needs to open it's door to all talented people from any background to come and realize their dreams in Australia. preferreably those who help to advance our economy and way of life. grant more visas to smart and talented people who wished to call Australia home. anyone who is PRO anything else other than our Australian free and democratic way of life should not be allowed into our country.

[@mistyrose6338]

Did you just eat that prawn with everything still on it

[@greenzx9r]

Why does everyone call them prawns in Australia? They are not prawns, they are shrimp.

[@vzo8049]

Ellens sister from another mister down under.

[@edwardbayley1842]

She knows a lot but still continues to eat the prawn with shell and shitstick intact

[@drpk6514]

I hope there is not so much salt in that fertiliser. That water did look brown and not all that clean. Prawn farming far from the sea is nothing new. Bangladesh one of the biggest producers of prawns in the world farms most of its prawns far from the sea.

[@kevdimo6459]

Yes but do they use the waste water for agriculture or dump it in the nearest river or oceans.

[@happytrader4828]

unfortunately wild prawns have sea water to live in and sea water contains all the elements, minerals that can never be replicated on a farm that recycles its water...... nice try.

[@f_youtubecensorshipf_nazis]

lol you think he invented protein skimmers

[@wayne_3791]

Hmmmm they said they are "trying to get interest". Like they are struggling to get any Australian Gov or industry interest. I'd bet, I'd bet 1 million dollars this man and his genius work will be snapped up by the Chinese or another nation before our slow, dumb Australian Government departments catch on to the idea that this man could revolutionize seafood production in Australia. Why is it always that way for Aussie inventors and innovators? It's bloody pathetic! We need to do better as a country!

[@WoodysOpinion101]

It is really not that unbelievable... kinda overdramatic don't you think?

[@aheat3036]

Australia’s desperate for money but this is a big mistake!

[@allgood2791]

Is this a joke? Scared to eat prawns now!!!

[@joshf-w9602]

why?

[@tharindu6]

All good

[@zoeydeu2261]

These prawns are probably cleaner than wild prawns, and unlikely to have microplastics, chemicals and drugs in their flesh

[@aheat3036]

Australia’s desperate for money but this is a big mistake!