True South Seafood

22/03/2024

Elevate your seafood game with our high-quality sea urchin! Rich, sweet, creamy, and oh-so-satisfying, it is the epitome of oceanic luxury. Dive into a world of flavour like never before! 🌊

21/03/2024

07/03/2024

Good news from the New Zealand site!
These are our first single-seed triploid oysters from our Kaipara farm. We were busy seeding up our farms with beautiful single seed spat all last year and starting to see the rewards!

07/03/2024

FAQ: How to identify/grade a sea urchin?

Except for the live urchins, True South Seafood will put the processed urchin roe into 4 standard grades as the image indicates:

30/01/2024

Sea urchin micro-barrens are a critical early warning sign of climate-driven ecosystem collapse, and they can be detected well before temperate reefs are lost along south-east Australia’s coast.

In their paper just published in Nature Communications, Assoc Prof Scott Ling and Dr John Keane show results of tracking the poleward progression of urchin barren formation over the past 15 years, and the reef ecosystem collapse that followed.

“Looking towards the equator reveals what to expect as cooler ecosystems progressively warm beyond ecological tipping points, this gives us the chance to act before it’s too late,” Scott said.

Actions already yielding results include a spatially variable harvest-subsidy that proactively directs fishing towards valuable reefs at high risk of urchin overgrazing, as well as increasing the number of rock lobsters that predate on the urchins.

The urchin harvest is now 500 tonnes per year, with subsidies provided by the Abalone Industry Reinvestment Fund (AIRF), a partnership between the State Government and the Tasmanian Abalone Council.

This research is supported through Fisheries Tasmania, FRDC and the Australian Research Council.

🤿Dive into the paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-44543-x

📸Longspined sea urchin eating kelp. Photo: Scott Ling

✨Put yourself in the picture: utas.edu.au/study-at-IMAS

University of Tasmania

12/01/2024

FAQ: Is eating sea urchins good for our health?

Of course. Sea urchin contains a high protein content with beta-carotene and many other mineral elements, such as zinc and magnesium. They are beneficial for improving antioxidants, boosting the immune system, and reducing inflammation. Besides, consuming sea urchins will enhance Omega-3 fatty acids which may support our heart and brain health.

-Told by True South Seafood

08/01/2024

We believe that with our continuous effort in 2024 harvesting Long spine Sea Urchin we are contributing to the protection of kelp and seaweed forests. Moreover, in 2024 we want to expand the production of Sea Urchin waste fertiliser and soil conditioners, closing the cycle!

Sustainability is always our responsibility.

15/12/2023

The TRUE SOUTH SEAFOOD holiday arrangement is as follows:

Christmas
• The factory will be closed from Friday 22 December until Wednesday 27 December for the Christmas break.
• Processing will re-commence on Thursday 28 December and Friday 29 December.

New Year
• The factory will be closed on Monday 01 and Tuesday 02 January 2024. Processing will then recommence Wednesday 03 January 2024.

Best wishes to all TSS members and partners! We thank everyone who supported us this year!

11/12/2023

06/12/2023

Today, our Processing Manager- Pahan hosted a group from the Tasmanian government, including NRE, Fisheries and SA Police to discuss management initiatives to prevent under-size sea urchins from being caught. True South Seafood is committed to sustainable fisheries management.

05/12/2023

Did you know that long-spined sea urchins can be turned into Tasmanian seafood product on a global scale through commercial diving, while also addressing the environmental issue of increasing long-spined sea urchins population.

Find out more on our sea urchin initiative below!

https://sit.org.au/urchin/