Aquaculture By Room1Brookby Jan 1, 1960 Aquaculture is introduced to NZ The first aquacultural species introduced and bred in NZ were Oysters and Mussels. Jan 1, 1989 Salmon was introduced To NZ waters Jan 1, 1991 Sustaining aquaculture 1991, the resource management act began focusing on sustaining Aquaculture farming. Sep 10, 2006 Aquaculture grew 11% over 20 years