commericial abalone licence

[cedricsnow]

hi Glen,

Do you know any infomation about geting a commericial abolone licence or do you any where i can get those sort of infomation?



regards

[glen]

hi cedricsnow,



last time i heard, the going rate for a victorian commercial abalone licence was around $5-6 million dollars. still interested?



if so, then you can contact Fisheries Victoria and ask to speak to the Abalone fishery manager and see he should be able to help you to get in contact with anyone tring to exit the industry. i believe the commercial abalone fisherman also have a professional association you might like to contact. i forget their name. in any case, if you contact the Seafood Industry Victoria (SIV) they will be able to help you. [url="http://www.siv.com.au/"]http://www.siv.com.au/[/url]



An alternative to buying a commercial abalone licence is to grow abalone in an aquaculture environment. Getting a licence to carry out aquaculture might be easier to get.



best of luck!



cheers, glen

[glen]

Here is a list of Victorian commercial fishing associations. Including the abalone related ones.



<TABLE border="1">

<TR>

<TD colspan="6"> SIV

MEMBER ASSOCIATION CONTACT DETAILS

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD> ASSOCIATION

</TD>

<TD> NAME

</TD>

<TD> ADDRESS

</TD>

<TD> SUBURB

</TD>

<TD> P/CODE

</TD>

<TD> PHONE

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD> Abalone Fisherman's Co-op

</TD>

<TD> Alex Ziolkowski

</TD>

<TD> PO Box 45

</TD>

<TD> Mallacoota

</TD>

<TD> 3892

</TD>

<TD> 5158 0388

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD> Ab-Pro

</TD>

<TD> Alex Ziolkowski

</TD>

<TD> PO Box 45

</TD>

<TD> Mallacoota

</TD>

<TD> 3892

</TD>

<TD> 5158 0388

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD> Apollo Bay Fishermen's Co-op

</TD>

<TD> Russell Frost

</TD>

<TD> 43 Noel Street

</TD>

<TD> Apollo Bay

</TD>

<TD> 3233

</TD>

<TD> 5237 6591

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD> Corner

Inlet Fisheries Habitat Association

</TD>

<TD> Joe Pinzone

</TD>

<TD> 10 Slade Street

</TD>

<TD> Welshpool

</TD>

<TD> 3966

</TD>

<TD> 5688 1383

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD> East

Gippsland Estuarine Fish Assoc.

</TD>

<TD> Arthur Allen

</TD>

<TD> 30 Lakeview Dr

</TD>

<TD> Lakes Entrance

</TD>

<TD> 3909

</TD>

<TD> 5155 2475

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD> Eastern

Victorian Sea Urchin Divers Assoc.

</TD>

<TD> Marcus Strauss

</TD>

<TD> PO Box 160

</TD>

<TD> Mallacoota

</TD>

<TD> 3892

</TD>

<TD> 5158 0746

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD> Eastern

Zone Abalone Industry Assoc.

</TD>

<TD> Alan Taylor

</TD>

<TD> PO Box 373

</TD>

<TD> Mount Eliza

</TD>

<TD> 3930

</TD>

<TD> 9787 8900

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD> Gippsland

Aquaculture Industry Network Inc

</TD>

<TD> Tony McLennan

</TD>

<TD> PO Box 186

</TD>

<TD> Traralgon

</TD>

<TD> 3844

</TD>

<TD> 0408 513 500

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD> Lakes

Entrance Fishermen's Coop Society Ltd

</TD>

<TD> Tom Davies

</TD>

<TD> PO Box 1125

</TD>

<TD> Lakes Entrance

</TD>

<TD> 3909

</TD>

<TD> 5155 1688

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD> Port

Campbell Professional Fish Co-op

</TD>

<TD> M.K Matthews

</TD>

<TD> Lot 8 Pleasant Drive

</TD>

<TD> Port Campbell

</TD>

<TD> 3269

</TD>

<TD> 5598 6280

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD> Port

Franklin Fishermen's Association

</TD>

<TD> Neville Clarke

</TD>

<TD> PO Box 1081

</TD>

<TD> Port Franklin

</TD>

<TD> 3964

</TD>

<TD> 5686 2608

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD> Port

Phillip & Westernport Bay PFA

</TD>

<TD> John Murdoch

</TD>

<TD> PO Box 545

</TD>

<TD> Geelong

</TD>

<TD> 3220

</TD>

<TD> 5251 3472

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD> Portland

Professional Fishermen's Assoc.

</TD>

<TD> Steven Nathan

</TD>

<TD> PO Box 826

</TD>

<TD> Portland

</TD>

<TD> 3305

</TD>

<TD> 5523 3640

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD> San Remo Fishermen's Co-op

</TD>

<TD> Pam Ward

</TD>

<TD> Marine Parade

</TD>

<TD> San Remo

</TD>

<TD> 3925

</TD>

<TD> 5678 5206

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD> Scallop Fisherman's

Association

</TD>

<TD> Andrew Zapantis

</TD>

<TD> 5 Moore Street

</TD>

<TD> Sth Yarra

</TD>

<TD> 3141

</TD>

<TD> 9866 5094

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD> Vic Abalone Divers Association

</TD>

<TD> Vincent Gannon

</TD>

<TD> RMB 2200

</TD>

<TD> Portland

</TD>

<TD> 3305

</TD>

<TD> 5529 2001

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD> Victorian

Abalone Processors Association

</TD>

<TD> David Tonkin

</TD>

<TD> 59 Blooms Road

</TD>

<TD> Warrandyte

</TD>

<TD> 3113

</TD>

<TD> 9844 5904

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD> Victorian

Balmain Bug Association Inc

</TD>

<TD> Geoffrey Gray

</TD>

<TD> PO Box 609

</TD>

<TD> Lakes Entrance

</TD>

<TD> 3909

</TD>

<TD> 5155 2989

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD> Victorian

Bays and Inlets Fisheries Association

</TD>

<TD> Tim Mirabella

</TD>

<TD> PO Box 402

</TD>

<TD> Hastings

</TD>

<TD> 3915

</TD>

<TD> 5979 4277

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD> Victorian

Eel Fishermen's Association

</TD>

<TD> Graham Quarrel

</TD>

<TD> Grassmere Road

</TD>

<TD> Grassmere

</TD>

<TD> 3281

</TD>

<TD> 5565 4413

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD> Vic.

Fish & Food Marketing Association

</TD>

<TD> Brian Bateman

</TD>

<TD> 10 Lynne Street

</TD>

<TD> Donvale

</TD>

<TD> 3111

</TD>

<TD> 9842 9665

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD> Victorian

Rock Lobster Association

</TD>

<TD> David Lucas

</TD>

<TD> PO Box 7

</TD>

<TD> Queenscliff

</TD>

<TD> 3225

</TD>

<TD> 5258 1701

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD> Victorian Trout Association

</TD>

<TD> Hugh Meggitt

</TD>

<TD> PO Box 258

</TD>

<TD> Alexandra

</TD>

<TD> 3714

</TD>

<TD> 5773 2483

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD> Warrnambool

Professional Fish Assoc.

</TD>

<TD> Gary Ryan

</TD>

<TD> 17 Balmoral Road

</TD>

<TD> Warnambool

</TD>

<TD> 3280

</TD>

<TD> 5561 2947

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD> Western

Abalone Divers Association

</TD>

<TD> Harry Peeters

</TD>

<TD> PO Box 5330

</TD>

<TD> North Geelong

</TD>

<TD> 3215

</TD>

<TD> 5276 1272

</TD>

</TR>

</TABLE>

[cedricsnow]

Hi Glen,

Thanks for your info, I just spoke to a broker about it, its actully not that much.

according to calcaulation and their quota, its long time investment. so its not worth doing it.





[quote name='glen' post='6386' date='Mar 27 2006, 12:52 PM']hi cedricsnow,



last time i heard, the going rate for a victorian commercial abalone licence was around $5-6 million dollars. still interested?



if so, then you can contact Fisheries Victoria and ask to speak to the Abalone fishery manager and see he should be able to help you to get in contact with anyone tring to exit the industry. i believe the commercial abalone fisherman also have a professional association you might like to contact. i forget their name. in any case, if you contact the Seafood Industry Victoria (SIV) they will be able to help you. [url="http://www.siv.com.au/"]http://www.siv.com.au/[/url]



An alternative to buying a commercial abalone licence is to grow abalone in an aquaculture environment. Getting a licence to carry out aquaculture might be easier to get.



best of luck!



cheers, glen[/quote]

[glen]

how much was the price you were given? and what was the expected annual return? <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':woot:' /> i thought they make about $1 million a year but i forget where i heard that. could be totally wrong.



cheers, glen

[cedricsnow]

I don't know about victoria, in Tasmania each quota cost you 280,000 and you can only catch 715kgs per year. mind you its live weight.

on the market, processed abalone only cost $280 per kg meat only. deduct all the weights and bibs and bobs. the license holder only can sale to processors for only about 40 kG, LIVE WEIGHT. WHICH I THINK ITS A BAD INVESTMENT.

BUT THATS TASMANIA, considering they hsve more abalone than us.



[quote name='glen' post='6468' date='Apr 6 2006, 07:31 PM']how much was the price you were given? and what was the expected annual return? <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':woot:' /> i thought they make about $1 million a year but i forget where i heard that. could be totally wrong.



cheers, glen[/quote]