Coorong Wild Suppliers

To supplement our own catch we source coorong mullet from several other Lakes and Coroong fishermen.  This ensures freshness, quality and genuine coorong caught product for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) chain of custody standards.

In addition to supplying us, the Lakes and Coorong commercial fishery continues to supply fresh Coorong mullet, mulloway, pipis, and other seafood to the local community, tourists to the region and throughout South Australia as it has for over 150 years. Some of the seafood harvested is also sent to Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne fish markets.

Commercial fishing has been recorded as taking place in the Coorong since 1846.  In this regard the local industry considers itself a heritage fishery and is currently applying for heritage listing.

The initiatives of the fishery include the World’s First Environmental Management Plan for a commercial fishery.   It also became the first multi-species,  multi-gear,  community fishery worldwide to seek independent Marine Stewardship Council sustainability certification which it acheived in June 2008.   This is the top sustainability tick in the world for the fishing industry and the fishery is audited annually.

There are 34 Fishing businesses in the Coorong region, many are the third or fourth generation.  It takes hard work and dedication to bring home the catch day after day in all weathers.

For most they do it because it is in their blood as well as the love of the region and the sense of adventure they get every day. Wild harvest fishing is the final link to our hunting and gathering culture.

The fishing methods have not changed much from those used by the Ngarrindjeri people who have inhabited this area for over 6000 years, although they do have the benefit of outboard motors.

The Coorong

The Coorong consists of shallow lagoons separating the Southern Ocean and Young-husband Peninsula with a total length of about 140 kilometres.

Australia's largest river system, the Murray Darling, finishes its journey to the sea in broad and shallow freshwater lakes.

Lake Alexandrina and Lake Albert cover about 85,000 hectares and were originally semi-tidal estuaries.

  For more information

about the fishery visit

www.coorongfishery.com

Where is the Coorong?