"The first redclaw were farmed in 1988 so we've only been going for 30 years against other animals that have been farmed for hundreds of years." But you've got to remember we're a very young industry. "We were probably a bit slow off the mark in hindsight. He says for the first time in more than a decade, redclaw is being seen as a viable option for prospective farmers.
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Mr Stevenson says it's an exciting time to be involved as a new, professional industry emerges from the disappointment and failures of the 1990s. We're being phoned up every day saying 'Can I have crayfish, can I have crayfish?' and it just hurts to keep saying 'No.
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Industry stalwarts like John Stevenson and a handful of others have had to overcome enormous challenges and often devastating stock losses as they learned the lessons of redclaw farming by trial and error.īut now, the results of research projects driven by James Cook University's Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture and supported by Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation are paving the way for a "revolutionary" new era in redclaw production. It barely meets existing demand for Queensland redclaw, let alone the growing appetite among high-end restaurant diners and select consumers for the seafood delicacy.
Today, there's only about a dozen commercial farmers left, producing 50 tonnes of redclaw annually. "People who are still in the industry are making a very good living out of it and have been doing so for a very long time." That added to the overall decline in the output. They thought they could make a living out of it or make money out of it approaching it like a hobby. "Unfortunately, some of them didn't approach the game as a business. "In the 90s, we had lots of farmers," John Stevenson, of the Queensland Crayfish Farmers Association, explained. For years it's been considered the poor cousin to its more high-profile seafood stablemates such as lobsters and prawns.īut now the humble redclaw crayfish is making a comeback as the industry overcomes some of the significant stumbling blocks that have thwarted its progress.
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