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HOW TO BUY
Discover how fresh our abalone can be!
Up until recently, all sales of wild caught abalone were limited to large processing companies who paid yearly fees for this right.
However, recent changes now allow us to sell directly to the public through a permit scheme from Fisheries called a Small Sales Permit.
There are still strict conditions upon this permit which may impact your reasons for purchasing.
- At the time of placing your order, you must give us your correct name and address to comply with fisheries regulations and you will be provided with a hard-copy receipt.
- The abalone must be packed into tamper-proof packages of not more than 5 kgs. This may be in the form of a closed tub or hessian sack depending on what we have available.
- The tamper-proof packages of abalone cannot be opened until the place of consumption.
- Each bundle will be sealed by a fisheries-compliant tag. This tag cannot be removed by you until you reach your address of consumption. The receipt you will be given must also remain with the abalone until this time.
Important things to note:
- All abalone are weighed upon landing at the boat ramp and must not leave the landing area until ALL weighing is complete. This may take some time and involve waiting at the boat ramp until all weighing responsibilities are completed.
- Due to weighing occurring at landing and not before, we will endeavour to do our best to ensure you receive the weight as close as possible to what you have ordered however, sometimes it may be higher or lower.
- Abalone will experience water weight loss of between 1-10% depending on how long they have been out of the water. This may impact the weight of the abalone by the time you open and consume.
- Harvesting abalone is weather dependent. we will do our best to catch your order in a timely manner.
- You must comply with your responsibilities as outlined in the Fisheries Act 1955 (Vic) and Fisheries Regulations 2019.
If you are interested in placing an order for fresh abalone please call us on 0418 356 600 or email us at sales@victorianabalone.com to discuss.
Register your interest
Register your interest in abalone - we can contact you when we head out to sea.
Collecting your catch
Your abalone is weighed at the boat ramp immediately upon landing—a process known as beach weighing.
Because abalone can naturally lose water weight after being harvested, you may notice a reduction of up to 10% by the time it reaches you. This is a normal part of handling fresh, wild-caught seafood.
We package your catch in a variety of bag types, with each bundle weighing up to 5 kg.
You're welcome to order more than 5 kg—your total order will simply be divided into multiple bundles, each no heavier than 5 kg to ensure this complies with Fisheries regulations.
You are permitted to on-sell all packages of abalone, provided strict requirements are followed.
- Packages must remain sealed until they reach the final place of consumption.
- A long-form receipt must be completed for each subsequent sale.
If you intend to on-sell your catch, it’s essential that you fully understand your responsibilities. We’re more than happy to walk you through the process, as we