The market in China is changing rapidly with centres of growth moving away from the traditional coastal areas. At the same time, Australia’s lobster and abalone industries are facing competitive pressures from new sources of “live” seafood. Adding to this the recent push for better...
The purpose of this project was to promote the adoption and use of Marketing Names for Fish and Seafood in Australia (MNFSA). Problems caused by the lack of uniform marketing names date back to the 1970s. The Australian Fisheries Council (AFC) established a Recommended Marketing Names for Fish...
This report discusses quality in seafood, drawing on qualitative terms such as flavor, aroma and visual impact, rather than the more popular methods used by the scientific community to assess and quantify the freshness of seafood.
The report identifies that one message that needs to be conveyed to...
In early September 2015 the discovery of a chemical contamination around the Williamtown RAAF base in the NSW Hunter Valley was made public The NSW Environment Protection Authority warned that chemicals perfluorooctane sulfonate ( and perfluorooctanoic acid ( had been found in surface...
One of the most important global food sources is seafood, and in particular saltwater seafood. However, while demand is increasing, the supplies of wild caught sources are depleted and there is now an increased need to source seafood species, such as prawns from farmed stocks. Aquaculture has become...
The ‘Fishing for Change’ project used a social marketing approach that engaged stakeholders to codesign, implement and evaluate solutions to voluntarily change people’s recreational fishing behaviour.
This project was established to develop an investment proposal and a strategic marketing plan to support the establishment of a compulsory levy for Australian Wild Abalone. A project team was established to undertake the consultation process needed to comply with the federal government requirements...