The business was
first established in 1982 as a Primary Producer’s Co-operative
after the Queensland Fish Board became defunct. The business
was run under the strict guidelines of a co-operative and after
23 years in business the directors decided that they had gone as
far as they could go in a business within that format and began
to look for someone in private enterprise to whom they could
sell the business and who could expand with much freer
guidelines and with fresh ideas.
Since operating as
a private enterprise since 2005, there has been a major upgrade
of the retail outlet
and the computerization of the
wholesale area. The
business has always contributed a great deal to the local
economy both as a local employer and as a marketer of local
produce.
Although the
Fishing Industry is doing it tough with new regulations
including the restrictions of quotas, limited zones to fish and
numerous closures the business has managed to source enough
product to provide the quantity and quality seafood to the local
and extended Queensland areas and maintain the tradition of
being the major supplier of local seafood in Central Queensland.
We have seen a decrease in the
numbers of trawlers and fishing boats because of the buy back
scheme implemented by the Government and it’s a full time job
sourcing new suppliers and maintaining a continuous supply to a
“local seafood hungry public”.
We are licensed by
Seafood Services Australia and all our labeling complies with
the Australian Fish Names Standard AS SSA5300.
