The Commonwealth Government has reduced the quota for fishing of the Southern Bluefin Tuna by 23.7% to 4015 tons, sparking frustration from the South Australian State Government, who administer almost all of the country’s bluefin fishing out of Port Lincoln. With the northern bluefin populations crashing as a result of overfishing, and with the Japanese market prepared to pay tens of thousands of dollars for a single tuna, the southern bluefin is expected to take up much of the slack of its... ...Read more »

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has accepted court enforceable undertakings from Austar Port Lincoln Pty Ltd trading as Austar Seafood Warehouse regarding misleading claims made about the source of some of its seafood.Austar published advertisements in the Port Lincoln Times between March and August 2009 which stated that its seafood was “100% Port Lincoln Product” and “local seafood”. Australian consumers often prefer to buy locally grown or made... ...Read more »

Clean Seas Tuna Limited has announced the commission of one of the largest and most sophisticated specialised harvesting vessels in the Southern Hemisphere – The Ulysses II. The news comes at a time when they have warned that they may be forced to leave Port Lincoln if mining exports are allowed to proceed. The 32 metre vessel is purpose fitted out to preserve its sustainable seafood cargo under constant cold chain control from ocean to plate. Keeping the temperature of seafood low throughout... ...Read more »