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

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 the Marine Stewardship Council’s blue tick for sustainability.

The company even invented its own LED-triggered traps that can be programmed to catch octopus of a certain size while producing zero bycatch.

For anyone interested in ingredients of provenance, Fremantle Octopus is … Read more at SMH.COM.AU