Robust results despite a tough environment
Sea Harvest Group in South Africa has been through a tough first half on 2024, but has delivered an EBIT of R373 million, 6% ahead of 2023, reaping the benefits…
Sustainability drives abalone exports
Rare Foods Australia (RFA) has confirmed the importance Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification plays in international brand development and sales, with the company seeing a rise in international buyers since…
Beaking the rules nets fisherman hefty fine and ban
A fisherman and his company in New Zealand have been handed fines and a three-year fishing ban after being found guilty of contravening a variety of regulations. A court in…
Western Australia abalone breakthrough
A world-first on Western Australia’s southern coastline is being celebrated as a game-changing innovation for abalone, which is now formally recognised as a Wild Enhanced Fishery, meeting the Marine Stewardship…
Ferguson Australia is a major processor and exporter of Southern Rock Lobster. Image: Robert Lang
Strong year for South Australia’s seafood
Despite the millions Australians spend on oysters, prawns, lobster and fish every festive season, it’s the export sector that keeps driving the premium end of the seafood industry, particularly in…
Western Abalone's Kane Williams with a green lip abalone. Image: Robert Lang
Abalone divers celebrate 50 years of buried treasure
For half a century, an intrepid group of South Australian divers have braved shark-infested waters to supply the banquet tables of Hong Kong and China with green lip abalone, reports…