MainStream Aquaculture (Infinity Blue Barramundi)
Lacks transparency. Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.
Last researched 24 October 2026 · 9 sources · Not yet checked by the editor
Werribee-based barramundi hatchery and fish farmer with farms in Australia and the USA.
There's no proof MainStream Aquaculture (Infinity Blue Barramundi) pays more than the legal minimum, which in the United States is below a living wage.
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Why it's graded Lacks transparency
- Not met: Meets 3 of 6 Good requirements.
- Holds the grade back: It doesn't show that workers are paid a living wage, and isn't certified as working towards one. On Track needs at least one of these.
- It isn't Harm on record, because there's no serious confirmed problem on its record.
- Lacks transparency is still a poor grade: in supply chains like this, workers who can't be seen to be treated fairly are usually underpaid or unprotected.
Good requirements 3 of 6
- Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: no evidence
- Met: Respects worker rights
- Not met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standards
- Met: No child or forced labour findings or links
- Met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that listMakes its products in its own factories
- Not met: Traces its catch to the boat or farm and has crews' or farm workers' conditions checked independently
Red flags 1
- Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
Stars it would earn as Good
None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars
Where it's made
From MainStream Aquaculture (Infinity Blue Barramundi)'s own disclosure: it makes its products in its own factories.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Strong protections | About a living wage | Low |
| United States | Systematic violations | Below a living wage | Low |
Evidence
What we found
- Risk across the industry, not a finding about this company: fishing fleets and processing plants have some of the worst documented forced labour, including trafficked crews held at sea for years.
- Grows its crop on its own farms or estates
- Owns or runs its own production
- Traces most of its fish and seafood to named fishing boats or farms
- It traces some of its catch or holds environmental labels such as MSC, ASC or BAP, but doesn't show both that its catch is traced to the boat or farm and that crews' or farm workers' conditions are checked independently.
Research notes MainStream raises barramundi on its own farms: a recirculating farm and hatchery in Werribee (Victoria), Queensland farms at Innisfail and Port Douglas (merged in 2018), and an Arizona farm bought in 2022. It is described as BAP certified (an industry-paid standard with worker welfare rules), but the sources don't show whether this covers every farm, including Arizona. No modern slavery statement, labour audit results, worker conditions data or independent rating was found, and no labour allegations were found.
What independent sources say
| Source | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Modern Slavery Register | Not listed | No modern slavery statement from MainStream Aquaculture appears in the Australian Modern Slavery Register. Other Australian aquaculture and seafood companies do lodge statements there. The register is not shown to list this company. View |
| UK Modern Slavery Statement Registry | Not listed | No UK Modern Slavery Act statement from MainStream Aquaculture was found in UK government sources. |
| B Corp directory | Not listed | MainStream Aquaculture does not appear in the B Corp directory. The only aquaculture result was a US company, Ideal Fish, which is unrelated. View |
| Business & Human Rights Resource Centre | Not listed | No allegations or company responses about MainStream Aquaculture (Infinity Blue Barramundi) were found. A Business & Human Rights Resource Centre entry mentions a similarly named 'Mainstream' in Chilean salmon farming, which is part of Cermaq. That is a different company and is not counted here. View |
| Open Supply Hub | Unclear | No Open Supply Hub entry linking MainStream Aquaculture or Infinity Blue Barramundi to any facility could be identified, so the company's farm and processing locations are not confirmed there. View |
| KnowTheChain | Not covered | KnowTheChain's food and beverage benchmark (2026) assesses large, mostly listed, global food companies. MainStream Aquaculture is a private barramundi producer and is not in that benchmark. |
| Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (World Benchmarking Alliance) | Not covered | The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (2026) assesses large, mostly listed, multinational companies. MainStream Aquaculture is a private barramundi producer and is not covered. |
Sources and actions
Sources 9
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- US Department of Labor: 2024 List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor · archived copy · Goods-and-countries list only; not a finding about this company. Its farms are in Australia and the USA, which carry no seafood entries in the list.
- Aquaculture growth supplying fresh Victorian seafood (Victorian Premier) · MainStream runs five barramundi farms in Australia, including the Werribee facility, the world's largest warm-water aquaculture farm (April 2023)
- MainStream Aquaculture barramundi, Werribee (SmartCompany) · Land-based fish farm in Werribee, Victoria, growing barramundi to market size for food service and retail (Feb 2020)
- Mainstream Aquaculture (Infinity Blue Barramundi) - Great Australian Seafood · archived copy · Vertically integrated barramundi supplier with farms in Australia and the USA; Infinity Blue is its table-fish brand; Werribee address.
- Infinity Blue Barramundi - About Us · archived copy · Own farms in Werribee, Queensland (merged 2018) and Arizona (entered US in 2022).
- BAP Spotlight Story: MainStream Aquaculture - Global Seafood Alliance · archived copy · MainStream is a BAP-certified barramundi producer; Queensland farms at Innisfail and Port Douglas.
- The Produce Index: Infinity Blue Barramundi - Melbourne Food and Wine Festival · archived copy · Sold in Melbourne through fishmongers and a Werribee farm gate.
- Wikidata: MainStream Aquaculture (Australia) · archived copy · Company based in Werribee, Australia.
Published by MainStream Aquaculture (Infinity Blue Barramundi) or its owner
- Infinity Blue - MainStream Aquaculture · archived copy · Infinity Blue is the brand for MainStream's table-fish barramundi sold to food service and retail in Australia and the USA.
Company details
- Headquarters
- Australia
- Last researched
- 24 October 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is MainStream Aquaculture (Infinity Blue Barramundi) ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/mainstream-aquaculture-infinity-blue-barramundi, last researched 24 October 2026, accessed [date].
- Method
- Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Lacks transparency means
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