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.

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…