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	About Queensland Fisheries
	Our seafood is sourced from pure, clean tropical waters from a variety of Queensland fisheries in remote areas far removed from population and industry centres. There are 3 main fishery zones which supply our company with ocean caught prawn. Gulf of Carpentaria (G.O.C.) Torres Strait Queensland East-Coast Each Fishery has different opening and closing dates and is subject to their own strict rules and regulations. Individually vessels require separate licences and rights to each fishery. Environmental Concerns: All trawling for prawn species is performed away from typical marine habitats such as coral reefs and rocky bottoms. Trawling must be completed across sandy/muddy bottoms or nets and catching gear would be ripped apart. The vast majority of Trawling is over patches of seabed that have been trawled over many times before similar to a farmer who ploughs the same field year after year. Boats in all regions use Turtle excluders and by-catch reduction devices so as to exclude large fish (including sharks and dolphins) and turtles. All of the above fisheries have very well controlled catching rules and regulated which must be complied with or heavy fines are imposed. The taking of additional by-product other than shellfish/crustaceans is prohibited and if caught results in heavy fines.
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Gulf of Carpentaria The Gulf of Carpentaria fishery extends from in the north west running along the entire coastline to Cape York in the North east. This huge fishing area is open to only approx. 100 catching vessels approx. 20 metres in size. Banana prawns caught early in the season are normally trawled at the mouth of the various river systems along the eastern and southern coastlines of the gulf. This fishery has two catching seasons with a closure mid year. It opens on the 1st of April to Mid May and Mid-August until end of November. The major prawn species caught in this fishery are Banana in the 1st half and tiger and endeavour prawn in the 2nd half.

Torres Strait The Torres Strait contains a small fishery between the tip of Cape York and New Guinea. This fishery is open from the 1st of March through to November depending on the number of nights the vessel has the right to be there. Due to the remoteness of the region this fishery is serviced by mothership vessels supplying fuel, water and stores and returning with the individual boats catch to unload in Cairns. The major prawn species caught in this fishery are tiger, endeavour, and red spot king prawns.

East - Coast of Queensland Queensland's East Coast fishery extends from Cape York in the north to Coolangatta in the south and is currently divided into a northern and southern section. This large area has a very diverse bottom geography and biology. All the major prawn species are caught in this fishery with a large variation in trawl depths up to 1200 metres. This region is currently fished under the East Coast Trawl plan, with individual vessels owning a night quota.