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A record result underpinned by Tassal's focus on sustainability "The essence of sustainable development is that today's generations meet their needs without prejudicing future generations' ability to meet theirs."2
Favourable salmon pricing in wholesale and export markets
Local and global salmon stocks adversely affected by environmental factors in CY2016
- leading to lower harvests, smaller fish and increased costs of growing
More than offset by significantly higher salmon prices - historical highs for the domestic wholesale market and are anticipated to continue in FY2018
Favourable growing conditions allowed a focus on optimising biomass and size
Salmon was kept in the water longer to optimise growth and deliver optimised margins
'Step change' in underlying biomass achieved - 21,760 tonnes (30 June 2017) vs 15,164 tonnes (30 June 2016)
Increased fish size - fish size harvested by the end of FY2017 c4.8kg hog and forecast to improve in FY2018
Sales mix managed to optimise returns and deliver growing earnings
Lowered retail sales to around 52% of total sales (FY2016: 68%)
Total salmon revenue up 3.5%, while volume down (6.2%). Average selling ($/hog kg) price up 10.4%
Operational EBITDA up 8.3% to $89.0m (FY2016: $82.2 million)
De Costi Seafoods driving seafood sales and category growth
Successful integration now leading to increasing returns
EBITDA up 11.4% to $12.7 million (FY2016: $11.4 million). Acquired on a sustainable EBITDA of $10 million
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Increased scrutiny of Salmon farming in Tasmania
Tassal welcomes increased scrutiny and constructive dialogue
Maintained Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification for all harvest fish
Also strengthened partnership with WWF-Australia
Macquarie Harbour is recovering
Since May 2017 all leases in Macquarie Harbour returned to compliance and in-fauna abundance is returning
Tassal continues to evolve practices
Lessons learned will improve future performance
Maintained commitment to sustainable reporting
Reporting to Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework
Successful capital raising
$82.3 million (net of fees) raised in March 2017
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