Love these guys at little tuna - I remember working as a postal officer back in 2018 and Kate coming in with huge amounts of parcels to send off 😊 wonderful couple! Glad business is still going well for them!
Make it affordable, and then all Aussies can and will support. Many Australians need to support their own families before they can support Australian businesses.
Re: The Yellow Fin Tuna. It is NOT sustainably caught seafood. 1) Ineffective management Scientific advice to reduce overfishing of yellowfin tuna isn't being followed. 2) Overfishing The Eastern Pacific stock of yellowfin is overfished. 3) Bycatch Juvenile yellowfin school with adult skipjack, so they are increasingly caught as bycatch by vessels that target skipjack. Overfishing. According to information collected by the ISSF Scientific Advisory Committee, the Eastern Pacific stock of yellowfin is overfi
What a remarkable family, taking such a huge leap into an already established market, is exactly what our governments must encourage, by cutting the red tape, some of which is totally unnecessary. Good luck to you and I’ll be encouraging my family to support your brand when it makes it onto our supermarket shelves! 👍🏼👍🏼
Brilliant story! I’ll be looking out for their products now. Shame our local, state and federal governments don’t get behind these guys to help rebuild Australian manufacturing again.
We are quick to march and protest for every cause beyond these shores but not for the stuff that really matters...shame on us for letting the scumbags in politics get away with it.
This is good in my eyes as we as Australians don't want to loose all our skills and industries. We need to keep at least some of these things here or we'll be redundant in the future with no skill sets in the world market to offer
Great stuff Lamo, manufacturing bringing back inervaition and incentive to our younger generation 👍🇦🇺 something that was taken away from us years ago thru red tape and a lot of bullshit. 💯% top shelf old mate 👍
The problem with buying Australian is it is way more expensive. Labour here & also energy; unfortunately we have as a country become too expensive to compete with world markets. Record price paid was for a Bluefin Tuna of 278 kg in 2019 @ Tokyo fish markets $3,082,610 (US).
if you calculate the cost per serve it's really not that much more than what is on australian shelves but it is jarred in an olive oil, not canola. you get what you pay for. much rather a healthier fish and oil and support aussie fisherman :)
These guys need Australians support, the 2 big supermarket chains have duopolised the industry and consumers are almost without choice as to purchasing Australian product. I for one will seek out their products, we need to support local business and our own industry. God knows how tough it is to turn a dollar from fishing.
Print on code to find out which boats and when the tuna was caught. Full trace-ability. Well done on the cans, ill look out for them in bellingen, nsw👍👌🇦🇺
All depends on what water quality that the fish is processed in. There were prawns sent overseas and were rejected due to poor processing water. What guarantee is for safe processing doesn’t matter where it is caught as they said it goes through a lot of hand before its on our plate. Sustainable caught is one thing processed to Australian standards is another.
Regulations will still make it hard to survive in this very competitive market. Tuna is the most fished and canned fish in the world making it more afforadable to import into Australia then producing here.
Re. Yellow Fin Tuna. This IS NOT sustainably caught seafood. 1) According to information collected by the ISSF Scientific Advisory Committee, the Eastern Pacific stock of yellowfin is overfished 2) Ineffective management Scientific advice to reduce overfishing of yellowfin tuna is not being followed.
Good luck getting the Federal Government to cooperate. Both sides of politics have completely abandoned Australian manufacturing, and that is a disgrace.
Catch fish in Australia, send it to Thailand to get canned, ship it back to Australia just for the supermarkets to sell it to us at dirt cheap prices. Awesome business model 👍
I always wanted to kno why tinned tuna is cheaper I love tuna lol. I'd like to try there's I'd pay extra coz it's Australian. Just hope the ocean stays healthy for them
It's a great story but a bloody hard sell in today's supermarkets. Our "big two" have been decimating graziers and fresh fruit and veg producers, it'll be a real challenge. I sincerely hope they crack it though, all the best 🤙
Canned tuna all kinda taste the same and all have the same preservatives, so Not buying the cheapest isnt logical when im struggling to pay off a home loan. If i go out to dinner and order tuna (which i don't because its always frozen) id want FRESH for $40 Bucks a dish
I don't care which tuna you buy, but in my experience, there is a big difference between the cheapest brands and solid white albacore (which is very good but costs more). Supply and demand affects prices of everything, including tuna. If you want to pay off your home, don't go out to dinner. Also, working a second job for 10-20 hours a week is easier than you think and will help you pay your loan off a lot faster than you would think.
I remember growing up in Eden the Greenseas Tuna factory was a big industry… politicians ruined Australia. Even if they kick it off here, they’ll import third world labour anyway.
Albacore tuna is higher in heavy metals because it's higher up the food chain. Still, all fish from Australian waters are relatively free of such toxins because we are far away from the regions that traditionally introduced such pollutants to the sea.
5:27 Doubt that, at least I suspect that the junior roles are well underpaid. When an Australian company starts hiring primarily South East Asian workers, it would be fair to suspect that they're doing it to cut costs. The real workers: 0:02. In my opinion anyway, as I've worked places in Aus that did/do that.
More examples of how screwed our manufacturing economy and supply chains are. So its Australian Tuna because ???? It was caught with an Australian registered boat?
So the Tuna that swim through south East Asian waters into Australian waters via the European coast line is now called Australian caught Tuna .. Ok got it !
In the consumer world nobody will be willing to pay for your high production cost but customers will be willing to for high quality products. Unless your high production cost is translated to high quality and communicated to the public through good advertising, customers will continue to buy JohnWest or any competitive brands on the shelf. Worse still, now you Aldi with its Ocean Rise brand! Hard sell man!
why send the fish to a cannery in Thailand but not to somewhere in Indonesia which is much closer to Australia? Wouldn't the labour cost in Indonesia cheaper too?
When the government throws lifelines to Qantas and other "struggling" businesses.....why can't they be a bit more considered and support small/medium businesses and industry like this?!
Albacore is the only white tuna Americans buy . Yes there’s other types of tuna sold but compared to albacore small potatoes. Albacore when they show up are highly sought after for local sport fishing fleets .
Storing cooked tuna in a glass jar is more cost-effective than can. The ATO and Fisheries Department should collaborate to provide tax incentives for the fishing industry.
Can you hire a charter boat with some buddies and go tuna fishing? You could get a years supply, and you will know where it came from. Freezing might be easier than canning at home (or maybe you know how to can).
Unfortunately no one wants to work in a tuna cannery in Aus. Let alone people to buy it at the price it would be if it were to be done. And the reason we know this is it was tried and shoppers chose imported
Personally, would rather pay $15 for something I can sea than a can? If you can understand than Aussie Tuna shipped halfway around the world and back.... Food for thought, the shelfs are full of can tuna thts mostly catfood
Catch the fish here, send it to Tailand and bring it back cheaper than it could be done locally. Pure insanity. That can not be environmentally friendly.
Canning tuna is such an awful way to treat such a beautiful fish. I realize it's necessary but it's sad how many people don't really know what FRESH tuna tastes or looks like !!
Dumbest idea I ever heard! The company will go bankrupt in record time. Yellow Fin tuna is sushi grade fish, canned tuna is albacore and skipjack. This is like selling F1 Waygu for hamburgers for $50 a kilo $15 a jar for 250gm, when John West is $3!
Love these guys at little tuna - I remember working as a postal officer back in 2018 and Kate coming in with huge amounts of parcels to send off 😊 wonderful couple! Glad business is still going well for them!
Good to see an Australian family business doing well for themselves and Australians.
Quality local fish for the locals to consume. That's how it should be ❤
Brilliant story. Australians should all get behind Australian caught and canned tuna. I will be ❤
💯 🇦🇺♥️
Stop supporting US products and we will have the finances to support Australian businesses.
U want to pay 4 dollars plus
Ask your boss for a rise
Say U support Aus
Make it affordable, and then all Aussies can and will support.
Many Australians need to support their own families before they can support Australian businesses.
Re: The Yellow Fin Tuna.
It is NOT sustainably caught seafood.
1) Ineffective management
Scientific advice to reduce overfishing of yellowfin tuna isn't being followed.
2) Overfishing
The Eastern Pacific stock of yellowfin is overfished.
3) Bycatch
Juvenile yellowfin school with adult skipjack, so they are increasingly caught as bycatch by vessels that target skipjack.
Overfishing. According to information collected by the ISSF Scientific Advisory Committee, the Eastern Pacific stock of yellowfin is overfi
Little TUNA BIG AUSSIE HEARTS ♥️ LOVE IT 🇦🇺
This is great lets bring back all our own products well done guys best of luck.
Great stuff, well done...
Thank you to them much needed
Awe your the best thanks people ! 🙏❤️
What a remarkable family, taking such a huge leap into an already established market, is exactly what our governments must encourage, by cutting the red tape, some of which is totally unnecessary. Good luck to you and I’ll be encouraging my family to support your brand when it makes it onto our supermarket shelves! 👍🏼👍🏼
We all know what the supermarkets will do to them.........
Good luck to them. Let's keep Australia's premium products in Australia.
Send it. Well done guys. I like your honesty and business ideas. I think you guys will do well.
Brilliant story! I’ll be looking out for their products now. Shame our local, state and federal governments don’t get behind these guys to help rebuild Australian manufacturing again.
We are quick to march and protest for every cause beyond these shores but not for the stuff that really matters...shame on us for letting the scumbags in politics get away with it.
I love Little Tuna! Awesome story, awesome company!
Aussie Tuna jerky please ! Convenient, healthy, delicious, economical to ship worldwide. Comm on guys! Cheers from the land of ice and snow.
Good on you guys, proud of ya.
This is good in my eyes as we as Australians don't want to loose all our skills and industries. We need to keep at least some of these things here or we'll be redundant in the future with no skill sets in the world market to offer
Love your work. Be ambitious.
Got to try some of this tuna. Sold in local seafood shop and didn't even know until now!
Great stuff Lamo, manufacturing bringing back inervaition and incentive to our younger generation 👍🇦🇺 something that was taken away from us years ago thru red tape and a lot of bullshit. 💯% top shelf old mate 👍
I might cook Tuna Mornay tomorrow night
I love to eat Tuna , it's Delicious
I’ll be signing up for a subscription this month 👍
I would gladly support this Australian company. Good on you ..
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Such a shame we don't have local Tuna on our shelves
Fantastic news for this to be happening..
The problem with buying Australian is it is way more expensive. Labour here & also energy; unfortunately we have as a country become too expensive to compete with world markets.
Record price paid was for a Bluefin Tuna of 278 kg in 2019 @ Tokyo fish markets $3,082,610 (US).
if you calculate the cost per serve it's really not that much more than what is on australian shelves but it is jarred in an olive oil, not canola. you get what you pay for. much rather a healthier fish and oil and support aussie fisherman :)
I hope they achieve their goal! sending our product overseas and back here is dumb.
Very good 🎉
They used to do John west tuna with Australian caught skipjack in port Lincoln. Probably moved to Thailand now🤷♂️
Every single canned tuna brand is a product of Thailand. The US kicked our all our businesses to make us dependent on them.
I NEED FRESH TUNA IN AUSTRALIA ❤
I just checked their website it's $300 for a can of Tuna with net weight 290g. So prepare to pay double for the fresh Tuna you demand.
So good that it's in a healthy oil too...
Tuna is huge
These guys need Australians support, the 2 big supermarket chains have duopolised the industry and consumers are almost without choice as to purchasing Australian product.
I for one will seek out their products, we need to support local business and our own industry. God knows how tough it is to turn a dollar from fishing.
Print on code to find out which boats and when the tuna was caught. Full trace-ability. Well done on the cans, ill look out for them in bellingen, nsw👍👌🇦🇺
I'll keep my eye out for when it hits the shelves here. I buy Australian whenever I can, unless it is prohibitively more expensive.
Sounds like a really worthwhile project. I live on the Central Coast of NSW. Can you please let me know where I can buy your canned tuna?
This reminds me, I'm out of Tuna. Been buying Little Tuna only for years now
Support Aussie made
All depends on what water quality that the fish is processed in. There were prawns sent overseas and were rejected due to poor processing water. What guarantee is for safe processing doesn’t matter where it is caught as they said it goes through a lot of hand before its on our plate. Sustainable caught is one thing processed to Australian standards is another.
Regulations will still make it hard to survive in this very competitive market. Tuna is the most fished and canned fish in the world making it more afforadable to import into Australia then producing here.
Re. Yellow Fin Tuna.
This IS NOT sustainably caught seafood.
1) According to information collected by the ISSF Scientific Advisory Committee, the Eastern Pacific stock of yellowfin is overfished
2) Ineffective management
Scientific advice to reduce overfishing of yellowfin tuna is not being followed.
How is this different from SAFCOL? They send tuna from South Australia to Thailand for cannning?
Oh great the comments are open.
Mercury is in big fish no matter they are imported or caught in Australia, and no matter they are canned or fresh!
If they can come close to the competition price wise, they'll take the market by storm 💯
Good luck getting the Federal Government to cooperate. Both sides of politics have completely abandoned Australian manufacturing, and that is a disgrace.
But we let the ba$$tards get away with it......time the ppl stood up, called them out and made them more accountable.
Remember old SAFCOL, Australian tuna canned in SA and sold in supermarkets. I think they also had cat food with leftovers.
Catch fish in Australia, send it to Thailand to get canned, ship it back to Australia just for the supermarkets to sell it to us at dirt cheap prices. Awesome business model 👍
No wonder Australia sucks for small businesses..
Nothing wrong with albacore 💯👌
I always wanted to kno why tinned tuna is cheaper I love tuna lol. I'd like to try there's I'd pay extra coz it's Australian. Just hope the ocean stays healthy for them
I've been buying their tuna for years, the tuna with chilli and their sardines are fantastic
It's a great story but a bloody hard sell in today's supermarkets. Our "big two" have been decimating graziers and fresh fruit and veg producers, it'll be a real challenge. I sincerely hope they crack it though, all the best 🤙
Why don’t major supermarkets in Australia support
Waiting to see the comments on this.
Perhaps create artificial reefs offshore? Great fish breeding grounds..
Canned tuna all kinda taste the same and all have the same preservatives, so Not buying the cheapest isnt logical when im struggling to pay off a home loan.
If i go out to dinner and order tuna (which i don't because its always frozen) id want FRESH for $40 Bucks a dish
I don't care which tuna you buy, but in my experience, there is a big difference between the cheapest brands and solid white albacore (which is very good but costs more). Supply and demand affects prices of everything, including tuna.
If you want to pay off your home, don't go out to dinner. Also, working a second job for 10-20 hours a week is easier than you think and will help you pay your loan off a lot faster than you would think.
I remember growing up in Eden the Greenseas Tuna factory was a big industry… politicians ruined Australia.
Even if they kick it off here, they’ll import third world labour anyway.
This company is already importing third world labour. 0:02
good sick of skip jack that should be illegal to call that trash tuna.
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Australia is great if you're a massive company.. Not if you're small player unless you find a niche 😎
Not sure I believe the wages differential claims made. Besides, what portion of the overhead is that?
Hey
Enough unemployed Australian's to help ! Keep Australian products by keeping it Australian made ❤
albacore is the best tuna
Well why would we when the Japanese market pays way way more 🤦♂️
Albacore tuna is higher in heavy metals because it's higher up the food chain. Still, all fish from Australian waters are relatively free of such toxins because we are far away from the regions that traditionally introduced such pollutants to the sea.
Abc left comment section open LOL. Can't wait till the comments get interesting.
Planet America, Landline and ABC in depth for ABC online feedback. Keep it safe and effective.
5:27 Doubt that, at least I suspect that the junior roles are well underpaid. When an Australian company starts hiring primarily South East Asian workers, it would be fair to suspect that they're doing it to cut costs. The real workers: 0:02. In my opinion anyway, as I've worked places in Aus that did/do that.
No commercial fishing is sustainable and if you think it is you are kidding yourself.
Keep telling yourself that.😂🤡
Fish farms then?
Define ‘commercial fishing’. There’s a reason you won’t.
@patster4040 it's fishing for profit, no reason not to say it
More examples of how screwed our manufacturing economy and supply chains are. So its Australian Tuna because ???? It was caught with an Australian registered boat?
So the Tuna that swim through south East Asian waters into Australian waters via the European coast line is now called Australian caught Tuna .. Ok got it !
Buy local.
help save the climate, save fuel costs, pollution etc
Only 50 dollars a can
😂
$15
Politicians will put their hands out to the lobbyists and surreptitiously close them down by law or undercutting prices.
Complex problem. Do themselves use australian boats, machines, equipment etc?
In the consumer world nobody will be willing to pay for your high production cost but customers will be willing to for high quality products. Unless your high production cost is translated to high quality and communicated to the public through good advertising, customers will continue to buy JohnWest or any competitive brands on the shelf. Worse still, now you Aldi with its Ocean Rise brand! Hard sell man!
People think the cost price justifies the sell price. All Australian manufacturing is doomed!
why send the fish to a cannery in Thailand but not to somewhere in Indonesia which is much closer to Australia? Wouldn't the labour cost in Indonesia cheaper too?
When the government throws lifelines to Qantas and other "struggling" businesses.....why can't they be a bit more considered and support small/medium businesses and industry like this?!
Albacore is the only white tuna Americans buy . Yes there’s other types of tuna sold but compared to albacore small potatoes. Albacore when they show up are highly sought after for local sport fishing fleets .
Sorry I would by the glass product..made in Straya
Storing cooked tuna in a glass jar is more cost-effective than can.
The ATO and Fisheries Department should collaborate to provide tax incentives for the fishing industry.
I want fish that is caught in Australia and canned in Australia.
Can you hire a charter boat with some buddies and go tuna fishing? You could get a years supply, and you will know where it came from. Freezing might be easier than canning at home (or maybe you know how to can).
you pay for what you get ;)
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The boomers let the US close all our businesses, now we have nothing.
you are joking saying you pay 4 and half times a deckhand than us on a longliner - worked mooloolaba and the wages are disgracful
Tariffs.
Unfortunately no one wants to work in a tuna cannery in Aus. Let alone people to buy it at the price it would be if it were to be done. And the reason we know this is it was tried and shoppers chose imported
So Australian businesses have to fulfil high standards but imported tuna does not.
It's gonna be a hard sell if they're unable to can it here...
Personally, would rather pay $15 for something I can sea than a can?
If you can understand than Aussie Tuna shipped halfway around the world and back....
Food for thought, the shelfs are full of can tuna thts mostly catfood
Great story , don’t be a supplier for the 2 big Australian supermarkets , they will screw you ,like they’ve done many other suppliers.
Catch the fish here, send it to Tailand and bring it back cheaper than it could be done locally. Pure insanity. That can not be environmentally friendly.
Canning tuna is such an awful way to treat such a beautiful fish. I realize it's necessary but it's sad how many people don't really know what FRESH tuna tastes or looks like !!
Tuna is a fish that makes you money...
once you sold your aoul to woolies and coles
that's the end of it
But you don’t have any other options
Pathetic sob story advertisement for commercial fishing. Poorly managed across Australia
Not a fan of it coming from Thailand. That's put me off purchasing some.
Dumbest idea I ever heard! The company will go bankrupt in record time.
Yellow Fin tuna is sushi grade fish, canned tuna is albacore and skipjack.
This is like selling F1 Waygu for hamburgers for $50 a kilo
$15 a jar for 250gm, when John West is $3!