Award-winning fishery Aquna has earned the royal stamp of approval this week during King Charles and Queen Camilla’s tour Down Under. delicious. Produce Award winners Aquna have impressed royalty and raised fish fit for a king.

If you’ve been living under a rock, the royal couple embarked on a whistle-stop tour of Sydney and Canberra this week before heading off to Samoa on official duty.

During the tour, the King and Queen did the Aussiest thing ever and attended a community barbecue, hosted in part by chef Adam Liaw, where a selection of local goodies was on show, including Aquna’s smoked Murray River cod and Aquna Gold caviar.

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So impressed was Charlie by the producers that he stuck around for a chat with members of the Aquna team to discuss their practices, as well as the facilities that keep the Murray cod in healthy supply. 

The king has been vocal for decades about his environmentalism and love of science and nature – even posting an ad to hire a live-in vegan chef – an intermittent practice he exercises to reduce his impact on the environment. 

Aquna’s sustainability evidently impressed the monarch as much as the smoked cod and delicate caviar did.

The fishery posted a clip on its Instagram sharing the excitement. “We gave them some Aquna Gold caviar, and some hot smoked cod.”

“It’s the rarest caviar in the world.”

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The fishery has a strong track record of sustainable practices under its belt, and has been recognised for its innovative use of nutrient-rich fresh water from its farms, which is used to irrigate and fertilise neighbouring crops to prevent run-off into the Murray-Darling waterways.

The business also releases millions of cod fingerlings (babies) into the wild each year to boost populations to enjoy for years to come.

How old is King Charles?

King Charles is 75 years young, born on November 14, 1948. Over the decades, Charles has been a proponent of organic farming and sharing the royal farm’s produce with the public such as ice cream from the royal herd and meat from the royal flocks.

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