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[WA] Fresh Live Western Rock Lobster $20 Each (~500g) Pick-up Only @ Fremantle Fishing Boat Harbour

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[WA] Fresh Live Western Rock Lobster $20 Each (~500g) Pick-up Only @ Fremantle Fishing Boat Harbour
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AssociatedFix on 13/12/2020 - 11:05 westernrocklobster.com.au (3150 clicks)
Last edited 14/12/2020 - 09:09 by 1 other user

With the popularity of the Coles & Woolworths deals to sell Western Australian lobster (cooked and frozen) I thought I'd share this deal.

"Back of boat lobsters are now available! Celebrate Fremantle’s iconic premium seafood. Get your freshly caught lobster direct from our local fisherman."

Small size crayfish are available directly from local fisherman for the bargain price of $20 each (previously being sold to offshore markets for $85 per kg recently….) These lobster have just been caught so they are more versatile (other preparation methods eg BBQ) and perfect for sashimi too.

There are legislated limits of 200 per day per boat so it's best to pre-order. Larger sizes are available too up to 2.5kg! (These are sold on a per kg basis)

Also available up the coast:
Jurien Bay - Call Kiera 0407 153 784

For more information:
https://www.facebook.com/WesternRockLobsterWA

(Association = family)

Groceries Crayfish Lobster Seafood

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  • Gleung on 13/12/2020 - 11:16

    Too bad it's pick up only, but understandable. I am in Sydney😞

    • dust on 13/12/2020 - 17:52
      +1

      It's live what do you expect?

      • kl2999 on 13/12/2020 - 20:57
        +11

        If the live one can make it to China, I see no reason why it can't make it from WA to Sydney.

        • dust on 13/12/2020 - 23:51

          Hmm good point but I don't think they would ship live lobsters for non wholesale customers.

        • ProlapsedHeinous on 14/12/2020 - 01:12
          +1

          chuck 'er in an express post satchel and whack that badboy in the yellow box, you'll be fine dining in no time, pre crushed.

  • airpoe on 13/12/2020 - 11:18

    I'm in Sydney, but how much is the bigger ones? Say how much for a 2kg lobster?

    • AssociatedFix @ westernrocklobster.com.au on 13/12/2020 - 11:21
      +2

      Will update post pick-up only sorry. Today a 2kg one is $90

      • airpoe on 13/12/2020 - 11:23

        That's a good price, pity I'm in Sydney.

        • tradewind on 13/12/2020 - 12:05

          Have you tried the Sydney Fish market? They have taken a lot of live WA lobster.

          • airpoe on 13/12/2020 - 12:07

            @tradewind: I was told by friends its not really that cheap. $100+ a kilo

            I presume to poster above said a 2kg lobster for $90 total?

            • JaxSantiago on 13/12/2020 - 13:02
              +2

              @airpoe: In Eastwood, live, big lobsters was / is going for $80~ per kg

              • DarkOz on 13/12/2020 - 14:32
                +1

                @JaxSantiago: Smaller ones 700 - 800g $68/kg this week. Probably $80/kg for large ones. Hope the price doesn’t go up next week.

      • kl2999 on 13/12/2020 - 20:57
        +1

        2kg for 90 is really good price.

  • dogzilla on 13/12/2020 - 11:19

    Presumably these are live if they're coming right off the boat?

    • AssociatedFix @ westernrocklobster.com.au on 13/12/2020 - 11:23
      +9

      Yes live. Details on how to dispatch humanely:
      https://kb.rspca.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Humane-ki…

      • dogzilla on 13/12/2020 - 11:44

        cool thanks….do you suggest sending an sms to pre-order…assuming its getting busy but might head down on wednesday

        • AssociatedFix @ westernrocklobster.com.au on 13/12/2020 - 12:18

          SMS is good, they will be fishing Wednesday 👍

      • pe arl on 13/12/2020 - 13:39
        +1

        That's a very good guide, perhaps you should add it to the post

      • freefall101 on 13/12/2020 - 16:53
        +3

        Appreciate that being added. Most websites put the directions for cooking lobster as stick it in the fridge then drop it in boiling water, while alive and conscious. It's pretty bloody cruel boiling something alive.

      • essent1al on 13/12/2020 - 18:08

        I'll pass on the killing of animals.. I'll leave that up to the professionals 😅

      • dudeguy on 13/12/2020 - 21:32
        +2

        From the guide: “RSPCA Australia does not recommend that live crustaceans for human consumption are made available for purchase by the general public. Instead, they should be humanely killed by trained and competent personnel before purchase.”.

        Edit:: After perusing that document, I am for the first time in my life seriously contemplating the merits of vegetarianism.

        • team teri on 13/12/2020 - 23:29
          +1

          Maybe, or maybe the RSPCA has taken over by PETA ;-)

          Lots of conjecture in that document.

          A few years ago when live rock lobsters were regularly going for $10 a piece (no way I'm feeling sorry for those fishermen now that their excessive profits are reduced to something more reasonable) the recommended method to dispatch them was to put them into an esky full of freshwater. Took less than 1 minute for death to arrive. Not sure if spending an hour in a freezer until they are unconscious is more humane.

      • team teri on 13/12/2020 - 23:18

        The TL/DR version for this context: put in freezer until it doesn't react to stimuli any more, then use a sharp knife to split lengthwise down the middle.

  • Jenny Death on 13/12/2020 - 11:19

    Whats the per kilo cost for larger lobsters?

    • brongz on 13/12/2020 - 12:24

      OP said 2kg is $90. While the small one is $20 each for roughly 500 gram .

      Guess it's cheaper to buy the small one price-wise. But who know how much meat in it.

      • dufflover on 13/12/2020 - 12:48
        +9

        You buy the one called Pinchy and fatten it up in the fish tank.

      • Jenny Death on 13/12/2020 - 13:02
        +1

        Oh yeah arent lobsters tastier when theyre small?

        • viper8548 on 13/12/2020 - 15:50
          +1

          These spiny lobsters are best between 1-2.5kg, prices for the lobsters between these weight usually cost more than smaller ones i’m guessing because there’s more meat to shell ratio and you can actually get the meat from the legs

  • sushiyasha on 13/12/2020 - 12:27
    +2

    We need a deal like this for Melbourne area :(

    • qzcbmo on 13/12/2020 - 12:55
      +5

      We need a deal like this for Australia area :(

      • mecind on 13/12/2020 - 12:57

        :)

  • neosin on 13/12/2020 - 12:40
    +12

    Sydney fish market is the biggest rippoff place in AUS, $99+ a kilo when other places selling for HALF!

    • Seraphin7 on 13/12/2020 - 13:32
      +7

      Yep, years of excellent marketing down there.

    • Jenny Death on 13/12/2020 - 13:14
      +2

      Why?

      • petry on 13/12/2020 - 13:35
        -3

        current market price is all , market in WA has fallen….'pears yank imports have caused a bit of an issue - canada being yank these days…

    • brendanm on 13/12/2020 - 14:05
      +1

      A bit annoyed you can't get Aussie lobster over there anymore mate?

      • petry on 13/12/2020 - 22:52

        "Back of boat lobsters are now available! Celebrate Fremantle’s iconic premium seafood. Get your freshly caught lobster direct from our local fisherman." its in the header….

        • brendanm on 13/12/2020 - 22:59

          Yeah, but Freo isn't in China?

          • petry on 13/12/2020 - 23:08

            @brendanm: your posts are so bizarre mate I wonder if u know where u are….

            • brendanm on 13/12/2020 - 23:19
              +1

              @petry: Perhaps you can translate this mess for me?

              current market price is all , market in WA has fallen….'pears yank imports have caused a bit of an issue - canada being yank these days…

  • Steptoe on 13/12/2020 - 13:17
    +8

    Step 1 buy 500g lobster 🦞
    Step 2 put in fish tank and feed
    Step 3 profit

  • [Deactivated] on 13/12/2020 - 13:25

    Upvoting to help the Aussie fishing industry!

    • Charity on 13/12/2020 - 14:52
      +24

      The fishermen will gladly go back to selling all to China when the Chinese are able to buy again.

      • [Deactivated] on 13/12/2020 - 14:56
        +1

        Until then, happy to support them. Fishermen need money to pay the mortgage too! (They can already put some very yummy food on their own tables!)

        • Charity on 13/12/2020 - 15:24
          +11

          The Kailis family, who have a strangle hold on WA fisheries, is number 24 on the rich list according to The West
          https://richlist.thewest.com.au/2019/30-21/#:~:text=2018%3A%….

          They almost certainly wouldn't have a mortgage - that's before they sold 90% of the company to the Chinese. In other words, your good intentions are for better or worse, supporting a literal 90% Chinese fishing industry, in WA.

          • parta on 13/12/2020 - 16:19
            +3

            @Charity: I'm curious what % of our lobster industry is Chinese owned, regardless of ownership there are still plenty of local jobs involved.

          • jv on 13/12/2020 - 16:19
            +5

            @Charity:

            that's before they sold 90% of the company to the Chinese.

            Wait a minute…

            So the Chinese are boycotting their own products ???

            • Masterfrog233 on 13/12/2020 - 19:08
              +3

              @jv: As a Chinese, YES, a lot of the product boycotting by the Chinese Government is Chinese owned business.

              • jv on 13/12/2020 - 20:22

                @Masterfrog233: Why?

              • [Deactivated] on 13/12/2020 - 21:15

                @Masterfrog233: Wow! Why?

                • Masterfrog233 on 13/12/2020 - 21:23
                  +1

                  @[Deactivated]: Because political massage is more important than anything meaningful such as people's jobs. Same things applies to the Australian Government

          • dexx on 13/12/2020 - 21:44

            @Charity: Are these back-of-boat sellers part of Kailis?

          • petry on 13/12/2020 - 22:59

            @Charity: its funny how american dumping gets taken out of the issue… dumbness or design or both?

  • pe arl on 13/12/2020 - 13:46

    https://kb.rspca.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Humane-ki…
    This is a very good guide OP has linked to; wish we knew some of this info when I was younger. I remember my relatives not knowing how to humanely kill the live crabs and lobsters purchased from the market and often fleeing the kitchen when it was someone else's turn to attempt it.

    • petry on 13/12/2020 - 23:03
      -1

      'Scientific proof of the association between chilling and absence of discomfort, stress or pain is limited.'

      • pe arl on 13/12/2020 - 23:09

        Pretty selective extract but I think we could at least do what we can based on the the knowledge we do have so far, there's more in there besides the effects of chilling

        • petry on 13/12/2020 - 23:11

          like global warming then for the last 50 years….

  • Diesmile on 13/12/2020 - 13:51
    +1

    Man, Adelaide restaurant still charging 160 per kilo.

    • [Deactivated] on 13/12/2020 - 14:58
      +1

      Yes SA price gouges most items. Move if your work allows it (I did)

  • Assclown on 13/12/2020 - 13:52

    At first the West Australians lock the rest of the Country out, Now history is repeating itself with these insane deals on lobsters. Who would want to live in any other state…. seriously!

  • thydzik on 13/12/2020 - 14:00
    +1

    I picked up 4 on Thursday for $80. Weighed it at home at was $2.2kg.

    We were lucky to get the last 4 of the boat which was the amount we were after.

    But for everyone behind us they had to requeue up at a different boat as they all Moore at different spots.

  • DarkOz on 13/12/2020 - 14:27
    +1

    This is a real deal. $40/kg for live lobsters!

  • Ononono on 13/12/2020 - 14:31
    +2

    Dammit I wish QLD had this, I'd be eating lobsters everyday

    • DarkOz on 13/12/2020 - 14:35

      Saw some youtube videos on cooking live mud crabs on campfires camping by the beach. Would love to do the same with these cheap lobsters taking the kids on a camping trip during the upcoming school holiday.

  • beezlebub9 on 13/12/2020 - 14:48

    Is lobster easy to prepare and cook?

  • thox on 13/12/2020 - 15:20
    +3

    Support Aussie but hate it when they was selling to China and our price $100+ a kg.

  • aamer hamid on 13/12/2020 - 15:34
    +1

    need this in sydney

  • PhatChedda on 13/12/2020 - 15:38
    -1

    This or Apple Max

  • CheeryCheapskate on 13/12/2020 - 16:46

    Just ate out last night and even restaurants have cut their "market" prices. I'm hoping the Christmas lobster becomes a tradition for Aussies!

  • j0hnd0e on 13/12/2020 - 17:11

    Damn, that's a good price. I bought a live lobster (~600g) in Brisbane for $35 yesterday.

  • bola2000 on 13/12/2020 - 17:41

    I would think lobsters will flooding the local market by now giving the fact China isn’t taking them. where is supply and demand here or someone is freezing all this cheap lobsters and resale them later?

    • Diesmile on 13/12/2020 - 17:43

      asian generally prefer live lobsters, that's why this is very good and popular buy, if you freeze, most asian won't take them unless from reputable shops, not from some individuals.

  • VerticallyIntegrated on 13/12/2020 - 17:49

    Is back of boat lobsters the same as front of taxi lobsters?

    I paid $25 per lobster from Tony.

    Much prefer getting my seafood from a rank than a dock.

  • Duckie2hh on 14/12/2020 - 08:45

    Where is the deal in VIC? All the Woolies lobsters are pre-cooked -__-

  • Homr on 14/12/2020 - 19:29

    in Sydney

    The chinese restaurants sell them for $150-$300kg like at the famous Golden Century Seafood Restaurant

    At Sydney Fish market it goes from $150 - $200 kg

    $20 for 500g is a bargain if they are live

  • SueC2020 on 20/12/2020 - 05:18

    This is crazy! Why would you buy "dumping" lobsters?

    They sell good quality stuff to China for a good price, and we pay through the nose for our seafood & beef.

    Why would we support them, they don't care about Australian consumers, China boycotts their products, and now, they "dumping" their goods on us?

    Doesn't matter whose own the company, Australian should have equal access to Australian produce for a fair price.

    They couldn't wait for the day China buying their goods again, so stop bitching about China this & that!!

    Come on Aussie! We too should boycott their produce.

    • Top G on 21/12/2020 - 16:06

      Lol you must be trolling. They sell to the highest bidder, they have no contract to supply minimum amount to public. Maybe in communist country they would be forced to do that.

      China's loss is our gain. $20 lobster is a tasty treat and well within reach for many Aussies. Fantastic with garlic butter.

      Probably won't last forever, they will find more overseas markets to sell for slightly more and it will go up locally. Lobster is a premium product. Can't be farmed.

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