About us

Our story

Aus Fish Coral was established in 2018 and is based in Innisfail, Far North Queensland. Our team brings qualifications and hands-on experience in marine science, fisheries management and policy, commercial diving and reef restoration, and our own boats are run by qualified vessel masters. When you buy from us, you deal directly with the people who collect, grow and pack your corals.

We collect and grow ornamental corals for aquariums around the world. We believe the people who harvest from the reef should be the ones who know it best and look after it, so every collection we make is licensed, species-specific and reported.

That same belief took us into reef restoration. Since 2024 we've put our boats, our riverfront facility and our in-water skills to work alongside the Australian Institute of Marine Science, helping grow corals and return them to the Great Barrier Reef.

Aus Fish Coral team checking corals in our aquaculture tanks in Innisfail

Our group

Aus Fish Coral Pty Ltd
Collects, grows and supplies ornamental corals and marine fish to the aquarium trade.

Coral Reef Co. Pty Ltd
Undertakes our reef restoration work, and owns the group's land and facilities at Marjorie Street and Flying Fish Point.

KeelWorks Pty Ltd
Operates the Flying Fish Point slipway, providing vessel slipping, sandblasting, antifouling, general maintenance and engineering to keep vessels working.

Our sites and facilities

9,000 m²

of waterfront marine industrial land across two sites near Innisfail, and the only coral facility of its kind in Far North Queensland.

Our sites support

Marine logistics and cargo handling
Project mobilisation and demobilisation
Reef restoration and research field work
Coral collection and aquaculture
Vessel slipping and maintenance
Hardstand and laydown for machinery, equipment and materials

Marjorie Street, Webb ~3,000 m²

Riverfront access
Dual deepwater pontoons
400 m² hardstand
Approved aquaculture facility
Boats unload straight into our coral tanks

Flying Fish Point slipway ~6,000 m²

Riverfront access
Private jetty & wharf infrastructure
2,500 m² of hardstand
300 tonne slipway
Haul-out, sandblasting, antifouling, maintenance and repairs

Project-based and short or long-term site access available on request.

Aerial view of the Aus Fish Coral riverfront facility with pontoons and hardstand at Marjorie Street, Webb, near Innisfail

Satellite photography of a marina and boatyard bordering a dense forest. The scene features boats docked at a pier and parked in a worksite under bright daylight.

On the water

We run our own vessels, crewed by people who know these reefs well. Safety comes first on every trip.

Vessels in AMSA 2C and 3C survey
AMSA Certificates of Operation
Qualified vessel masters
ADAS commercial dive qualifications

Both Aus Fish Coral survey vessels on the water

Our team

Dean Pease, Director and marine scientist

Dean is a marine scientist with more than a decade in fisheries management and policy before starting Aus Fish Coral. He leads our science, designs our aquaculture systems and has spent hundreds of days at sea on the Great Barrier Reef.

Eliza Pease, Director

Eliza keeps the business running. She manages our accounts, administration and planning, oversees production and compliance, and makes sure everything we do is done properly and on the record.