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Wild Reef Seafoods

Locality: Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 408 908 588

Address: 34 Barry St Bungalow 4870 Cairns, QLD, Australia

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25.01.2022 Wild caught Coral Trout from the Great Barrier Reef . On handlines , one hook, one bait, One fish at a time. Landed to my customer within 7 hours of being hand picked from holding tanks and killed to order. Check out those colours !! Aussie wild caught seafood at its best.. Wild Reef Seafoods - Cairns Qld.

19.01.2022 Things are looking up on the border front. Should be good. Can maybe move these fishies been here 2 weeks. If your buyer isnt giving you good news and positive talk then they arent on the job.

14.01.2022 Well it isnt a fish. Noosa North Shore Aug 2017. A very special few days in Aug 2017. Me , my daugter and my father. Posted to remind everyone that fish buyers, exporters , wholesalers, retail shop owners etc are all people too. It can get forgotten. Its easy to just see the face or hear the voice in work mode. Laugh with us when things are good , yell at us when they arent. This photo reminds me that there is more to life than these four walls. Now, back to work, busy, busy !!

11.01.2022 Some interesting happenings at Wild Reef Seafoods. We have been looking at converting one of our 10,000L Live Trout Tanks into a holding and packout tank for Live Tropical Crays. Having been approached by a few catchers within the last 6 to 12 months. They are unhappy as competition is non existent with only a couple of buyers. Prices they receive compared to sell prices in HK are disappointing and the weight loss and mortality issues with just the short flight down the coa...st defy comprehension , 10% weight loss ? Come on guys / girls. We are looking at different marketing structures too, something that will return the best price for the fisher. They can control their destiny, from reef to teeth (not mine and it will be a challenge to get that slogan off the ground...) . This isnt set in stone yet, but the fishers who we have spoken to, are very keen to be in a position of effectively exporting their own crays. Which leads me to the next step along for us. See more

08.01.2022 Apologies to anyone trying to call me. My phone is not taking incoming calls. Please txt or email or message me on facebook. The service is fine, txts and data all good and telstra says no issues. Any suggestions appreciated. I have checked incoming call barring. Its not that. No blocked numbers either. I will sort it soon im sure. Sorry for any inconvenience. Txt 0408 908 588 Email [email protected] Matt

07.01.2022 Fish shipped out yesterday, i think thats the best looking box of fresh fish ive ever sent, and lost money on it . Damn !. . Killed 7am shipped out 1pm. These had been in the tanks for 3 or 4 weeks, awaiting some good news overseas. Nice to see the tanks can hold good fish in perfect condition for nearly a month. Had to bite the bullet and do something with them. ouch.

06.01.2022 Trout fishermans colour chart. The three stages of red. Top. Very bright red. Middle Bright red Bottom Red

04.01.2022 Trout fishermen take heart. It isnt only you blokes who cop the fines. ( Although it is my first. )

03.01.2022 I found a way to brighten the colour when killing and slurrying fish too, again a total accident , and of course, im not saying how. Twice now ive had the same result, a lot better end product than what you expect from the colour of the live fish...mmm. The fisher who supplied the fish in the photo knows who he is, and they didnt look that good alive, im sure he will agree.

02.01.2022 Before and after. Live Trout swimming around the night before and the same being packed next morning. With reference to the slurry post below.

01.01.2022 This one might cause a stir but good. The Live Trout industry needs a kick in the guts to get going. And i dont see anyone even getting out of their chairs, let alone putting boots on for the task. Two issues to approach here and they are good outcomes all round for fishermen. 1/ I have heard rumours of '' free quota if you sell to us'' . Wow, why woudnt you...... And i dont know for sure this was offered or how it would be structured, but there is really only one transpar...ent way to do that. The buyer has to pay the same price , on the invoice as you might be able to obtain in the free market, or the same price as the last boat they unloaded (without a free quota offer. ) Then quota for that trip is used with no charge. No shaving it off the beach price to cover the cost of the ''free quota'' and saying the fish were too green or missed the flight to get the best price, yawn yawn yawn, those old excuses.No guys. Thats not cricket. 2/ Now i have a question, if your buyer can afford to give you free quota (it costs them whatever their lease return was going to be) Why dont or didnt they just pay you a better price for your fish ? Why after some chopping and changing of suppliers , do exporters suddenly feel the urge to offer and assist and give free quota . If they could afford to , why dont they just pay you more. ? mmmmm..... One more short but interesting post to follow, likely to inspire some action in these guys. See more

01.01.2022 This visitor to our Trout tanks recently inspired concerned looks on the normally expressionless fish. It was trout city down one end of the tank, while the shark hung out by himself wondering what all the fuss was about. It took the trout 2 days to get the courage to swim past.