date:Jul 26, 2012
earnings increased from $354.5 million in the March 2011 quarter to $388.0 million in the March 2012 quarter (an increase of 9.4 per cent). All major seafood product groups contributed to this increase.
Total seafood export volumes increased 3.4 per cent to 80 267 tonnes in the March 2012 quarter. Export volumes were up for deepwater, inshore shellfish and pelagic species, but down for aquaculture and inshore finfish species compared to the March 2011 quarter.
The fact that the export revenue