The Western Rock Lobster Industry is currently serviced by four main processing companies. These companies purchase live lobsters from the fishermen, and transport them to the processing facilities, with major facilities located in Geraldton and Fremantle, Western Australia.
It is in these facilities that lobsters are graded, processed and packed for distribution and export.
These companies are all EU-FDA accredited, operate quality assurance programs endorsed by the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS). All hold Registered Export Establishment licences with the Australian Government.
For more information on the processing companies please click on the links below:
The Western Rock Lobster, Panulirus cygnus, is the Australia’s largest and most valuable single species fishery, with a GVP of approximately AU$300 million ...
