This study tour sought to expand our understanding of the New Zealand shellfish industry with particular focus upon the oyster industry and why/how they are able to effectively export NZ$16.9 million worth of oysters overseas, much of it value added. The Australia market receives 75.1% of this...
Seafarmers is a marketer of quality Australian farmed seafood and has spent the past 12 months researching, developing and test marketing barramundi into the UK and European markets. Seafarmers directors have been working with the Australian Barramundi Farmers Association (ABFA) and government...
Cobia is a high quality high performing aquaculture species overseas and is capable of providing good economic returns from pond-based production. However, the culture of this species has not yet been developed in Australia. Queensland, and in particular, Pacific Reef Fisheries (PRF) has the...
The intent of this WAFIC grant project was to undertake trials and develop methodologies that would provide the abilities to transport roei and greenlip abalone live from remote catch or fishing areas to the live export shipping point. The pr.imary project target was to demonstrate that abalone...
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...