Wildcatch Fisheries SA Inc in Port Adelaide, South Australia | Fishing shop

Wildcatch Fisheries SA Inc

Locality: Port Adelaide, South Australia

Phone: +61 8 7221 1960

Address: Dockside, North Parade 5015 Port Adelaide, SA, Australia

Website: http://www.wfsa.org.au

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23.01.2022 Have you got your ISO Easter lunch sorted yet? The Fair Fish SA Market Day will be running today and tomorrow and it’s all contactless pick-up, so get your es...ky and credit card ready! From 2pm to 6pm today and 10am to 12 pm tomorrow, head to 2-4 Shipwright Rd, Largs North and pick up your fresh South Australian Whole Fish and Seafood with everything you loooove Calamari, Australian Herring (Tommies) Garfish, Snook, Coffin Bay Oysters & new season Gulf St Vincent Prawns. BOOM Hellooooo Easter lunch Get all the info and prices here: www.fairfishsa.com.au Wildcatch Fisheries SA Inc xx See more

22.01.2022 Ab Yarns; 50 Years of Blowing Bubbles, a gripping 270 page read just released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Abalone Industry Association of South Australia Inc. Perfect for a Christmas present at $69, copies are available at the WFSA office for pick up. Individual postage cost will be $85 each. Email [email protected] to order.

22.01.2022 Fair Fish is now delivering! Fresh South Australian seafood direct from the fisher to your door. Order Now to receive your order in time for Easter! www.fairfishsa.com.au/

20.01.2022 "If you live on a farm, you are a farmer. There’s no escape. Women often describe themselves as a farmer’s wife. Show me a ‘farmers wife’ that has not fixed a f...ence, chased the livestock, weeded the fruit trees, checked the water levels or made an emergency trip into town for irrigation parts. That’s farming, and women have been doing it as long as men. The main difference is that they often do those things in addition to bus runs, homework supervision and cooking dinner. I’m proud to do all those things and be a farmer. My name is Lucy Stocker and I was raised on a small beef cattle and avocado farm in the Tablelands Region in Far North Queensland, but despite growing up on a farm, I left agriculture behind for 20 years to be a mining engineer in remote Western Australia. It took me a while to find my way back to my farming roots. After a successful career as an engineer, with young kids and a husband that was willing to humour me, I decided I needed to get my hands dirty and try farming. Yearning for a return to the land and the desire to develop an industry (in addition to cattle grazing for the family farm), I researched crops that would be suited to the unique Tablelands region that I grew up in. I discovered that speciality coffee loves high mountains, good rainfall and basalt soils. The Tablelands had all three. And I love coffee. So, the decision was made. We sold up everything we owned in Western Australia and drove across Australia to Upper Barron, with a plan of resurrecting a successful Tableland industry from the turn of the last century. Coffee had been a significant crop throughout Queensland from the 1890’s. Coffee grew perfectly here but wages grew too high and the industry declined until the late 1990’s when some Mareeba region growers invested in mechanical harvesting, significantly dropping the manpower necessary for successful cropping. As a coffee lover, I was seeing the emergence of speciality coffee. People were starting to search for new flavours, boutique offerings and coffee with an interesting back story. ‘Coffee terroir’ was being discussed like fine wines mention ‘vine terroir’. I knew that my home, the Southern Atherton Tablelands, had all the right ingredients for very special coffee. So, I bought 12 seedlings and started a garden trail. Things grew quickly. Today I have 17,000 coffee trees in the paddock and another 8,000 ready to plant when the rains come. Next year I will have another 30,000 ready to plant, with the hope of eventually getting 100 acres under coffee and developing an alternative industry for the graziers on the Southern Tablelands. We’ve been very busy. I’m probably the main driver behind Crater Mountain Coffee but there is a substantial support crew that offers expertise. My husband works full-time as a mining engineer / programmer. The majority of the technology needs are covered by him. My Dad is a scientist that has specialised in trees, crops and nursery work for nearly 60 years. My Mum and kids have weeded more than their fair share of nursery seedlings and supported the planting campaigns. I have employed a local full-time offsider that can fix, build, operate all the things I can’t, in addition to two part-time helpers for our coffee nursery. Every day is different, and my activities are often dictated by the weather. If it’s sunny I work outside. If it looks like we’ll get some rain, I plant seedlings. If it’s drizzly we’ll do nursery work in the shed. I like not having a schedule and doing what needs doing when the weather allows. As a farmer, the weather is always on my mind. It’s always too hot, too cold, too dry, too wet, too windySome days I’ll check the weather forecast half a dozen times just to see if my requested weather is on its way. Of course, nature isn’t like that, so we work with what we’re dealt. We are a long way from the major city markets and suppliers so freight costs and times can be as issue here in the Tablelands. We pay extortionate amounts for enough 4G data and satellite data to run our business. Other than those costly gripes, the Atherton Tablelands is perfect. We have a stunning natural environment with rainforests, clean, clear rivers and great places to relax and unwind when we are not busy on the farm. I’m not sure if there is any other profession more connected to the environment? Farmers must have a deep understanding and commitment to working with it, to be successful. Every farmer I know works hard to preserve their water, minimise the use of chemicals and look after their soil. For the environment and for cash-flow. My long term goal is to create a new industry for the Southern Atherton Tablelands. Our farms used to be dairies, and now beef cattle, but it’s hard to make a good living from cattle on the average farm sizes here. I’d love to see farmers in my area put in small paddocks of coffee to diversify. Just like Margaret River and the Coonawarra are known as fabulous wine regions, I’d like to see the southern Atherton Tablelands famous for outstanding coffee." ~ A big thanks to Lucy Stocker of Crater Mountain Coffee for sharing her story with the Invisible Farmer Project. AgriEducate ABC Rural ABC Landline Atherton Tablelands AgChat Foundation Art4Agriculture Graziher Women Who Farm Australian Women in Agriculture Queensland Women Queensland Rural, Regional and Remote Women's Network Cairns Post Rural Women's Network

16.01.2022 Any other superstitions you want to share...

14.01.2022 Three Meningie fishers have been recognised at the 2019 SA Seafood Awards. Thanks to Wildcatch Fisheries SA Inc for the pics.

09.01.2022 Fair Fish SA Orders for Easter have now closed. Prawns and Oysters are still available for pick up tomorrow from 2-4 Shipwright Rd Largs North.

08.01.2022 PIRSA 2019 SA Seafood Industry Awards Promotion Award (sponsored by Honey & Fox Pty Ltd) Awarded to Coorong Wild Seafood. Contratulations Glen & Tracy #saseafoodawards Adelady National Wine Centre

06.01.2022 Support your local seafood producers - order your fresh seafood here www.fairfishsa.com.au #supportlocal #fairfish #fairfishsa #eatseafoodaustralia

06.01.2022 Great Australian Seafood - it’s easy as!

05.01.2022 Want LOCAL fish DIRECT from the producer - visit fairfishsa.com.au #eatseafoodaustralia #supportlocal #fairfishsa #supportlocalfishers #supportlocalfishermen #eatseafood #wildcatch

05.01.2022 A good turnout at the Seafood Industry Australia AGM today...