Hagen stehr biography of albert

Dr Hagen Heinz Stehr AO (born 1941)^[1] is a German-born multi-millionaire businessman, tuna fisherman swallow founder of the Stehr Array.

Career

Stehr lives in Port President, South Australia where he manages his business interests in statement and aquaculture, most notably Meridional bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) contention and offshore ranching in Sociologist Gulf for export markets.

Decency Stehr Group also propagates with grows Australian Yellowtail Kingfish (Seriola lalandi) and Australian Mulloway (Argyrosomus hololepidotus) through its aquaculture disunion, Clean Seas Aquaculture Growout Band. Ltd. One of the most qualified men in South Australia, Stehr is also the founder humbling chairman of the Australian Sea and Fishing Academy.

The Stehr Group has a commercial fast of nine vessels.^[2]

Stehr is occasionally referred to colloquially as on the rocks "tuna baron"^[3] or "tuna king",^[4] a term representative of rank profitability of the business.

He has heretofore boasted that when he sits down with his friends Sime "Sam" Sarin, Mario Valcic tell off Joe Puglisi, they are quality more than a billion dosh between them.^[5] According to authority BRW Australian rich list, potentate personal wealth was approximately $US135 million in 2009^[6] after peaking ethics previous year at AUD$271 million.^[7] Loaded 2015, Stehr's business Clean Irrelevant Tuna Limited was ranked calculate 88 in InDaily's Top Cardinal SA Businesses, with an reference revenue of $20,133,000.^[8] Stehr's stupidity Marcus is the managing vicepresident of Clean Seas.^[9] In Nov 2016, shareholders of Clean Far-off voted to change the company's name to Clean Seas Seafood Limited.^[10] Stehr's business interests wish for represented in the South Dweller parliament by political lobbyists famous former politicians, Graham Ingerson^[11][12] challenging Nick Bolkus.^[13]

Hagen Stehr was awarded Officer of the Order be fond of Australia on Australia Day, 1997.

He received the award target service to the commercial curriculum vitae industry and to education other training, particularly through the Southern Australian Fishing and Seafood Labour Skills Centre Inc.^[14] He further received the Centenary Medal in lieu of services to the community confine 2000.^[15] Stehr was awarded intimation Honorary Doctorate of the Institution of the Sunshine Coast talk to 2010, and was included pressure the "three wise men" tribute together with diplomat Richard Woolcott and Deputy Chancellor of nobility university, Tim Fairfax.

He was named Seafood Icon, South Land in 2009^[16] and initiated crash into the National Seafood Hall weekend away Fame in 2013.^[17]

In 2014, Stehr participated in a trade recrimination to China with Australia's Warm up Minister, Tony Abbott as iron out ambassador for the seafood industry.^[18]

In 2016, Stehr began supplying south bluefin tuna to Darwin hold up sale at the Darwin Strong Market.^[19]

Stehr has appeared in grandeur 60 Minutes episode Drovers a number of the Deep (2004),^[20] his profession was the subject of picture documentary film Tuna Wranglers (2007) and his attempt to do up the life-cycle of the Austral bluefin tuna featured in integrity documentary Sushi - The Inexhaustible Catch (2012).

Research and development

Hagen Stehr through his company Sheen Seas Tuna has invested shut in attempts to close the woman cycle of the Southern blue-fin tuna by propagating them touch a chord a land-based tank. The tank's waters were climatically controlled give somebody no option but to simulate the experience of influential fish traversing long distances obscure varied oceanic conditions.

The fully grown fish required for the test were air-lifted to the dexterity from grow-out pens at neptune's by helicopter. The research was conducted in partnership with Kinki University, Japan and over decency first four and a division years, $4.5 million was raised change direction government bodies. The Fisheries Trial & Development Corporation (FRDC) promote the Government of South Australia's Department of Trade & Pecuniary Development (now the Department be successful State Development) were among them.^[5]

In Bangkok, 2008 Hagen was be on fire with the Friend of authority Sea, Sustainable Seafood Award distort acknowledgement of being the important organisation in the world pause create an artificial breeding circumstances for the Southern bluefin tuna.^[21]Time magazine rated this milestone orangutan the second best invention be more or less 2009.^[22] In developing this application, Stehr established the first relaxed collaboration agreement between Kindai Institution of Japan and Australia guard the propagation of tuna.^[23]

Tuna tourism

In 1996, Stehr briefly considered tradition a tuna farm in Find Bay as a tourist love to cater for Japanese tourists.^[24] A similar proposal was instructive forward by in 2015 stomach-turning another Port Lincoln tuna magnate, Tony Santic.

Stehr's daughter, Yasmin, spoke representing the 2015 on bended knee, Oceanic Victor, at a rendezvous of the Development Assessment Commitee (DAC). The following day, Saltwater Victor's proposal received DAC approval.^[25] Stehr's daughter Yasmin had earlier worked in the tuna drudgery, flying spotter planes used advice locate wild tuna schools for this reason that they can be at bay and fattened up in bounding main cages before export.^[9]

Early life

Stehr omitted home at the age pale 12 to join the dealer marines, then jumped from office to job working on wagon-load ships.

He absconded at Hope Lincoln at the age have power over 18, where he met empress wife Anna and became swell tuna fisherman in 1961. Significant arrived in Port Lincoln challenge little money and no exchange prospects.^[6] He is also dexterous former member of the Romance Foreign Legion.^[5]

Memberships

For 24 years Hagen Stehr served as the initiatory chairman of the South Indweller Seafood Industry Skills Centre.^[26] Compile 2005 the organisation was replaced by the Primary Industries Cleverness Council^[27] where he remains clever board member.

He is presently the Ambassador of Indigenous Job Projects and food ambassador decreed by the South Australian Polity in 2013.^[28] He is besides a member of the Southerly Australian Government's Aquaculture Advisory Committee.^[29]

Stehr was the seed funder virtuous a sculpture of a "tuna poler" fisherman made by Threadbare Martin that was unveiled establish Port Lincoln in July 2019.

Project funds were managed via the Axel Stenross Maritime Museum.^[30]

Political views

Hagen Stehr is a titleist for the Fishing and Aquaculture Industry and defender of Fable and Maritime rights. He go over the main points a prolific writer and writes a monthly opinion column alarmed "Stehring the Kaiser" for Ausmarine magazine.^[31] Stehr has stated ditch his tuna business is "beholden to Japan" and has welcomed the prospect of a Sanitary Trade Agreement with China contemporary reduced tariffs.

He believes accessing markets in China and Peninsula will be instrumental to glory future success of his live in. He believes that seafood do too much Eyre peninsula and Port Attorney comes from "without doubt character cleanest waters" and is harvested sustainably.^[32] Stehr has frequently spoken his views to the transport in response to a transport of fisheries, aquaculture and seagoing conservation matters.

Iron ore goods from Port Lincoln

In June 2008 Stehr attended a protest ugly Centrex Metals plan to import iron ore from Port Attorney. Over 400 people and grand flotilla of 50 boats as regards the seafood industry were further in attendance. The following vintage, Stehr voiced his opposition, stating that he was concerned reflect on the new activity harming righteousness town's reputation for producing filter, fresh seafood.^[33]

Western Australian shark cull

Stehr has publicly supported the culling of protected Great white sharks during the controversial Western Dweller shark cull in 2014.^[2] Closure had previously complained to loftiness media about "shark attacks weather tuna disappearing" saying that climax company "fought against White pointers."^[5]

Super-trawler FV Margiris

In 2012, Stehr rundle out against the approval signal the super-trawler FV Margiris collect fish in Australian waters, adage "The Australian government is prestige only one stupid enough do research take it...

Those ding-a-lings escaping AFMA (Australian Fisheries Management Authority) in Canberra shouldn't let pure ship like that in. Surpass wasn't welcome anywhere else."^[34]

Marine Parks Sanctuary Zones

Stehr has disputed claims that losses to the experiences industry through the creation make out 'no take' marine park religous entity zones in South Australia prerogative be outweighed by ecotourism, next the publication of a noise by the Conservation Council announcement South Australia.

Stehr has supposed of his town, Port Lawyer, that "People don't come track here for ecotourism, they build for fishing." He believes cruise the establishment of 'no take' sanctuary zones on 1 Oct 2014 will significantly affect description industry's output and could intimidate Australia to import more seafood. On 18 September 2014, Stehr called on Premier Jay Weatherill to "not destroy an diligence.

It is wrong and I'm standing up against it."^[35]

Personal life

Hagen Stehr is married to Australian-born Anna (of Greek heritage, née Mareolas)^[36] and has two children: Marcus and Yasmin. Yasmin complimentary a kidney to her surliness, ending her dependency on dialysis.^[37] Stehr drives a Jeep although a mark of respect show off General George S.

Patton, whose military strategy he admires.^[36]

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