Deep Sea Trawling
Operations
In 1988 Australian Fishing Enterprises entered the demersal trawling
sector of the Australia fishing industry in the South East and Great
Australian Bight Fisheries. AFE has steadily grown to become the largest
quota owner and fishing fleet operator in the South East fishery.
Photo right:
Apollo S underway |
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All catches have traditionally been landed as fresh fish and sold through
the Melbourne & Sydney fish markets.
In 2004 AFE acquired a new 38m-factory freezer stern trawler that catches,
processes and freezes premium quality product onboard. This frozen at sea
product has enabled AFE to develop new domestic and offshore markets.
AFE currently operates a fleet of 4 trawlers in the southern fisheries of
Australia. This includes 3 fresh fish demersal trawlers and one factory
freezer trawler.
This fleet configuration enables AFE to supply a wide range of fresh and
frozen product to both domestic and offshore customers. |
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Pilchards - See
Species
AFE uses its pilchard quota as a source of feed for our tuna farming
operations.
The MFV Apollo & MFV Maria Luisa are deployed to catch our pilchard quota
when they return from the Great Australian Bight after the Southern
Bluefin Tuna have been caught. |
The Apollo is a state of the art modern purse seine vessel that stores the
catch onboard in refrigerated seawater. This ensures premium quality bait
is fed to our tuna.
The Maria Luisa has the capability to either freeze and store its catch
onboard or store it in refrigerated seawater.
AFE supplies pilchards for tuna bait to a number of local customers and is
always looking for interested parties wanting to purchase pilchards.
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Automatic Long-lining
In 2004 AFE acquired a new 34m-factory freezer automatic longline vessel
that catches, processes and freezes high value species into premium
quality product onboard.
This frozen at sea product enables AFE to offer our customers a regular
supply of top quality product and has led to the development of new
domestic and offshore markets that were previously inaccessible. |
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Pilchards
Australian Fishing Enterprises uses its pilchard quota as a source of feed for our tuna farming
operations.
The MFV Apollo & MFV Maria Luisa are deployed to catch our pilchard quota
when they return from the Great Australian Bight after the Southern
Bluefin Tuna have been caught.
The Apollo is a state of the art modern purse seine vessel that stores the
catch onboard in refrigerated seawater. This ensures premium quality bait
is fed to our tuna.
The Maria Luisa has the capability to either freeze and store its catch
onboard or store it in refrigerated seawater.
Australian Fishing Enterprises supplies pilchards for tuna bait to a number of local customers and is
always looking for interested parties wanting to purchase pilchards.
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here for further details on Pilchards. |
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