Finfish.org » supply chain http://finfish.org Significant Aquaculture Innovation Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:58:16 +0000 en hourly 1 Australian Barramundi Market http://finfish.org/blog/australian-barramundi-market/ http://finfish.org/blog/australian-barramundi-market/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:40:11 +0000 Hayley http://finfish.org/?p=670  

Rebecca has written to finfish.org as she is conducting a project on the size and scope of the Austrlalian Barramundi  market.

 

Rebecca is looking for information on the following:

  • Current product available (by product – wild v farmed, fillets v whole fish etc);
  • Competitive context (suppliers, imports etc);
  • Size of market in each state;
  • Current supply chains;
  • Current quality systems;
  • Marketing strategies.

If you have information on any of the above, or could point Rebecca in the direction of someone who does, please comment on this post.

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Bell Aquaculture  supplied yellow perch filets to the chef of the Purdue University Agricultural Alumni Fish Fry, as a trial run for the plan to distribute perch to restaurants.

Their plan is to supply fish directly to restaurants, skipping the traditional supply chain.

Having identified the potential market at 38 million pounds with the current market now less than two million pounds, there is forth sight for substantial growth.

Bell Aquaculture hopes to be producing more than 30,000 pounds of perch filets each month by August.

Currently, 20 employees are handling the production, with a predicted increase to 120 employees.

With the possibility of providing yellow perch filets to hundreds or thousands of restaurants in the United States, there might be a potential for a market worldwide.

If restaurants are expressing interest greater than Bell Aquaculture can single handily produce, could this altering of the supply chain (reducing prices as low as possible and  guaranteeing a fresh product) provoke market growth and provide a key solution towards reducing the global fish production gap?

 

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