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Market investigation of the impact of rock lobster aquaculture

Project number: 2007-249
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $74,268.55
Principal Investigator: Dexter Davies
Organisation: Western Rock Lobster Council Inc (WRLC)
Project start/end date: 29 Sep 2007 - 30 Jun 2008
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Need

The Department of Fisheries released a Scoping Paper in 2006 identifying management considerations for the allocation and growout of WRL puerulus for aquaculture. Public comments called for a study into the implications of this new industry on the markets of wild harvest product as significant concerns were raised that aquacultured product could have a significant impact on the wild caught lobster market.

These implications centre on the wild harvest industry having an established position within the global trading environment, which the aquaculture sector wishes to enter and an assessment of the financial effort being delivered to this aquaculture sector around the world is neeeded as there is no data currently available to our knowledge.

This project will endeavour to provide global statistics on the aquaculture lobster market to help quantify if aquacultured lobster may affect the value of product from the wild catch sector in Australia. The broader implications of this new sector may include the effects of product style, size and timing of delivery into the market.

Objectives

1. Provide a clear indication of the current status of the WA WRL in the global market, identifying the factors that affect market price and market share.
2. Outline some potential future markets for aquaculture products in Australia and in other countries considering off season production and specific sizes.
3. Identify any marketing impacts that may result as a consequence of WA aquaculture product entering the market both generally and for the WA WRL industry
4. Identify potential market implications to WA’s WRL industry and regional economies if WA does not accept and support aquaculture of WRL

Final report

ISBN: 978-0-9807845-1-0
Author: Dexter Davies
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-137
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Understanding the Markets for Western Rock Lobster (Phase 1 Market Intelligence)

This report outlines work completed by the Western Rock Lobster (WRL) Council. Data has been gathered from a number of sources (across several general categories of market information (e.g. production, trade, prices, economic activity) to create a comprehensive and continuously updated...
ORGANISATION:
Western Rock Lobster Council Inc (WRLC)
Industry
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PROJECT NUMBER • 1992-125.09
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Airfreight of live seafood: An improved packaging system for live western rock lobster

Marketing the western rock lobster has undergone a dramatic transformation over the last 5 years. For the 1993/94 season 2.8 m kg out of a catch of (ca) 11 million kg was marketed live, approximately 25.5%, compared with 5% of the catch, which was the norm 5 years ago. The rock lobster industry has...
ORGANISATION:
Western Rock Lobster Council Inc (WRLC)
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2002-314
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

3rd National Rock Lobster Congress - 2003

The Third National Rock lobster Congress was hosted by the Western Rock lobster Council (WRLC), with funding received from registrations and sponsors. The Principal sponsor for the event was the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC). Gold sponsors of the event were...
ORGANISATION:
Western Rock Lobster Council Inc (WRLC)
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