General
Seafood sales boom during COVID but Australia’s industry wants greater market share post-pandemic
Australian fishing businesses have experienced a boom in demand for their locally caught products after a tumultuous year involving lockdowns, freight issues and labour shortages.
Key points:
- Fishermen through to the industry peak body report increased demand
- The spike has been put down to greater discretionary spending domestically
- Industry wants to chip away at the stranglehold imported product has on market share
Snap closures of restaurants and suspended flights destroyed many markets overnight, while trade tensions left seafood rotting on tarmacs overseas.
Some wondered if business would survive, but industry figures say they have emerged stronger by refocusing on domestic trade.
North Queensland fisherman Chris Bolton mainly supplied the…
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