Australia's massive sardine fishery looking at potential for food grade fish
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [ABC] By Brooke Neindorf - November 26, 2014
Sardines might be one of the smallest fish caught, but the industry is the largest single species commercial fishery by volume in Australia, and it's getting bigger.
The South Australian industry has launched a new management plan to keep the $20 million fishery sustainable, which includes catching more fish.
Ninety-five per cent of the sardine catch is fed to Port Lincoln's southern blue fin tuna farms, but the industry wants to harness the human consumption potential by increasing demand, both domestically and in India and China.
SA Sardine Industry Association executive officer Paul Watson says the quota has been increased from 34,000 to 38,000 tonnes.
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