This strategic plan for the Australian farmed barramundi industry was enabled with funding from Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC).
The strategy was facilitated and written by McKINNA et al with close input from members of the Australian Barramundi Farmers Association and ABFA CEO Jo-Anne Ruscoe.

The ABFA 2020 –2025 Strategic Plan was finalised during the peak of the COVID 19 pandemic, which has drastically reduced product demand due to the shut down of the foodservice sector. There will be longer term flow-on impacts from this economic shock to the industry including a reduced funding base for the ABFA if the current funding model is retained.
At the time of writing this strategy, it was difficult to assess the full extent of the pandemic shock and ABFA were in the process of preparing a number of response scenarios. How these scenarios play out will influence the priorities and timing of this strategy and ABFA will need to remain flexible in its implementation of the plan. Because of the pandemic, projects identified in the earlier drafts of this strategic plan that were deemed to be important to the long term development of the industry have had to be put on hold because of the significantly reduced resources. This final version of the strategic plan has been edited to reflect what industry consider is realistically achievable in the current funding environment. The programs that have been put on hold will be revisited when resources permit.
Notwithstanding the disruption of the COVID 19 event, this strategy remains sound in its intent and will be relevant for the five year strategy horizon and beyond.