Not exactly a product, but the biggest news coming out of a cold June is the successful application of GCMA to expand their Mossman farm by 21 hectares. The Mossman farm, located next to Port Douglas in Far North Queensland is a major supplier of fresh tiger prawns to the market from November to January.
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These new ponds, along with an expansion to the processing facilities will come online for Christmas 2017, and help bolster supply at this critical time.
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With supply of premium farmed Australian tiger prawns so limited at the moment, it is exciting to see farm expansion occurring.
PRAWNS xxx Gold Coast Marine Aquaculture are likely to finish harvesting the current crop of fresh Black Tiger Prawns in late February.xxx xxx Seafarms and Tru Blu will commence harvesting Black Tiger Prawns in mid February. These will be mainly 21-30/lb grade at the beginning, with 16-20/lb and 10-15/lb available closer to Easter. xxx Continue below for oysters, shellfish and finfish...
PRAWNS xxxx Seafarms currently have strong availability of 21-30/lb and 31-40/lb frozen Crystal Bay Banana Prawns, as well as frozen 31-40/lb and 41-60/lb Crystal Bay Tiger Prawns. xxx We are aiming to begin frozen production of Tiger Prawns in March. xxx Continue below for Lobster and Crab, Shellfish and Finfish...
PRAWNS XXX We have availability of frozen cooked Crystal Bay bananas (16-20/lb and 21-30/lb) XXX LOBSTER AND CRAB xxx Lobster Tails will begin arriving in the next two weeks and account managers will be in touch with you to run through your allocations and forecasts for the season. xxx King Crab is due to arrive at the end of this month and we have now got a firm understanding of what will be available. We can expect to start distributing product in the first week of November if there are no delays. XXX PIPIS XXX Goolwa PipiCo have the capacity to freeze pipis to order. Please contact us if you require stock. XXX FINFISH XXX 750g-1kg, belly flap-on, skin-on Round Island barramundi fillets are now available frozen via seafreight from Oceanpick, Sri Lanka xxx What's Fresh?
