Not too sure where that is coming from, but even with spaces it might get you a warning.
It's early and I'm in a good mood, so edited only.... above post. LP
Is it just time to call someone a " nasty person "
edited by LP............ .
Pps bagged out yesterday
Matt
Last edited by Lucky_Phill; 01-10-2019 at 06:48 AM.
Not too sure where that is coming from, but even with spaces it might get you a warning.
It's early and I'm in a good mood, so edited only.... above post. LP
Last edited by Lucky_Phill; 01-10-2019 at 06:49 AM.
Give a man a fish & he will eat for a day !
Teach him how to fish
& he will sit in a boat - & drink beer all day!
TEAM MOJIKO
It's pretty hard to argue we do import lots of seafood, but, as mentioned, a lot is what is kind of preprepared, canned, frozen and cooked, ready to microwave, on the other side, lots of what we export is high value, simply because it's not viable for us to export "cheap" processed goods, especially with our high quality/health standards, products like Abalone are an example, high value, farmed and wild harvested, but not commonly consumed here, what I get cheesed off about is quality "common" fish sent overseas and rubbish imported, that makes little sense, except to the big exporter who makes money from our high quality produce, yet we get fed slops! Coral Trout, Lobsters and premium quality Prawns, right down to large Garfish are practically unobtainable to us, unless you can catch your own, except for Crystal Bay Prawns, (which are farmed) I cant remember seeing fresh (not frozen) quality Australian, wild caught King Prawns for sale for ages and ages!
Yep..thats what it all comes down to in the end....Just simple economics...who could expect that fisherman should accept lower prices to keep their product in Australia when O/S markets are willing to pay a premium for our top quality product...its just the same as any business..you will sell to the highest bidder...
I remember a short clip that showed a basa processing plant. Might have been Min Kong Delta. (spelling?). It was reportedly world class and looked very clean and modern.
Unfortunately(?), the clip also showed where the fish come from, including the pond workers toilet, which was a short wooden jetty over the river with a hole in it to do your business. Right beside the water pump intake for the ponds that held the fish.
Yeeew!!!
I've also heard (don't know if it's true or false) that old expired antibiotics are used to try and keep the fish healthy.
Mmmm. Yummy.
Enjoy !!
Too often when I hear these numbers bandied around people assume that we are talking about fresh fish ……. why do import so much kind of thing ?. It's not that there isn't local supply of fresh fish ….. it's because a lot of what we consume is pre prepared / processed stuff - We don't have canneries any more or packaging operations …… & that's because in reality Australia is not that great a commercial fishery (believe it or not) - in general what we produce is higher end quality seafood that commands big dollars as an export.
Yes demand is here ….. but not in the form & price point that Australians like & as such is brought in filling a big proportion of our seafood imports.
Chris
Give a man a fish & he will eat for a day !
Teach him how to fish
& he will sit in a boat - & drink beer all day!
TEAM MOJIKO
Ahhh reminds me of the days when I used to fish the outlet at Blue fish point (Manly)……. you could literally catch 100s of bream , blackfish & trevally in a session - I remember nearly throwing up when I landed a big bream that was stuffed to the gills with corn …… yummo
Give a man a fish & he will eat for a day !
Teach him how to fish
& he will sit in a boat - & drink beer all day!
TEAM MOJIKO
Well we have had a few until fairly recently and there is a new one opening up in WA;
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/20...salmon/9648348
And the days out from the mouth of Brisbane river when I was a kid with the old man. Luggage point was more of a pipe than a treatment facility.
The things that would wrap around your line aren't happy memories. Surprised we survived. Tho I did miss a lot of school. Winter whiting sure are easier to swallow these days.
Fun fact - not all imports are "technically" imports either. It is so much cheaper to process in China that the cost of airfreight in both directions can be built into the product without issue. In this case it was gulf prawns being processed into prawn cutlets. Price point is most definitely a big factor for Aussie seafood sales. If you look at the price of a kilo of prawns now and compare it what they cost in "yesterday's" dollars, they have gotten cheaper - as a direct result of wholesale companies using import prices to set their buy rates if you talk to the fisherman. It's no wonder they turn to the export markets if they can because their running costs certainly haven't stayed static in the last 20 years.