Putting the state’s best on the plate: both in WA and further afield

Max Veenhuyzen | October 20, 2026

When brothers and former rock lobster fishermen Ross and Craig Cammilleri founded Fremantle Octopus in 2000, the eight-legged creature was regarded as a nuisance that raided lobster pots and cost fishermen money.

More than a quarter of a century later and things have changed, with octopus bringing in money for the Cammilleris.

Fremantle Octopus’s seven-boat fishing fleet helps supply raw and marinated wild-caught octopus to restaurants and retailers around the world, while WA is home to the Southern Hemisphere’s only octopus fishery with…. Read more at WA TODAY