Tactical Research Fund: Assessing the technology transfer and people skills requirements for the introduction of mullet processing on the east coast similar to Shark Bay frozen sea mullet fillets

Funded Activity Summary

Clearly the commercial fishers cannot contiune to catch mullet and only get 1980 prices. This is not economically viable. Mullet is a greatly under rated table fish and the opportunity to value add and present a product for the consumer that is ready to cook, packaged tastefully with several cooking options on the packaging is seen as a logical step.

The work that the Geraldton Fish Market has put into this is substanital and if the members of the CPFA can capitalise on this and adopt the technology and methods than we are learning from others within the industry.

We have to do something to improve the returns for the fishers otherwise we will not have a mullet meshing fishery and there is every likelihood that we will not attract the next generation of fishers as it will not be viable.

Objectives:
1. Investigate and assess the adoptiveness of the frozen mullet fillet product from Shark Bay for the Clarence River
2. Identify ALL of the steps in the WA process and project these for the potential for a similar product for the Clarence.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 22-07-2008

End Date: 30-11-2008

Funding Scheme: Funding Scheme not available

Funding Amount: $13,104.00

Funder: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation

Research Topics

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ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Innovation | Market opportunities | Processing & packaging | Trial

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