September 13, 2019For over 30 years White Fisheries has supplied King George Whiting from Port Phillip to many of the leading restaurants and hotels throughout the Bellarine, Geelong areas, across Victoria and indeed Australia. King George Whiting is a fish that is caught all year round both commercially and recreationally. Our fisherman predominantly fish areas from St....
Read more November 22, 2018It’s that time of the year again when we all start looking forward to getting organised for Christmas. As we do each year White Fisheries will take orders from our loyal retail shop customers for both the 23rd December and Xmas Eve pick up. We will shortly put up our Xmas and New Year trading...
Read more January 9, 2018As previously discussed wholesale supply of Pacific Oysters from Tasmania has been very inconsistent during summer. POMS (Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome) has resulted in oyster farmers losing, in some cases, up to 70% of growing stock making supply during peak times extremely hard. Up until now, White Fisheries has been able to supply fresh Oysters...
Read more November 8, 2017Christmas is now only 6 weeks away so it’s time to start thinking about placing your Seafood orders. A sample order sheet is available to download on our webpage as well as our trading hours for the Xmas – New Year period. Listed below we have provided some important information about the festive season to...
Read more March 28, 2017White Spot disease has recently been detected in both imported raw prawn products as well as in wild caught QLD prawns. This detection has led to a total importation ban of all raw prawn products until July this year. In order to ensure that our wholesale customers can continue to receive prawns we have been...
Read more June 15, 2016Monday 20th June marks White Fisheries 5th year at our Drysdale facility. To help us celebrate our 5th birthday we would like to thank our customers from all over Geelong, the Bellarine and Surfcoast with some great specials all week. Our family of loyal fishermen will be spending long cold nights out on the water...
Read more May 2, 2016As of 1st April 2016 prices for local commercially caught fish will increase as supply decreases. As previously feared the Andrews government has legislated to deny you the choice of local and sustainably caught fish. In a bid to win votes from the recreational sector the government will stop net fishing in Port Phillip Bay....
Read more November 25, 2015Daniel Andrews and his Labour government have a plan to stop commercial net fishing in Port Phillip Bay. If this were to happen, your local fresh seafood supplies, such as King George Whiting, Calamari, Garfish and Flounder would not be available freshly caught that day. Bellarine and Geelong clients would need to purchase seafood which...
Read more October 31, 2013The start to the 2013 Snapper season has begun. Our local team of Port Phillip Bay fishermen are setting their lines early each morning with some good early season catches making their way to our busy Drysdale outlet.
Read more August 6, 2013Wow how time flies. Since our last blog White Fisheries has been kept very busy whilst establishing our fantastic retail outlet. We have our twitter account set up and are in the process of updating our recipe card section.
Read more September 10, 2012With our long cold winter behind us spring is the perfect time to check out our latest seafood recipes. Fresh seafood favourites include Tasmanian Pacific Oysters, Mussels and of coarse Tassie Scallops, all are in season now.
Read more April 3, 2012If you have a restaurant, a cafe or a hosting a function, selecting the best fresh fish is vital. At White Fisheries we have earned our reputation as a top quality supplier of fresh fish and can be relied on for the quality of our product, our service and affordable price. We have an extensive...
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