When Kate Lamason discovered that 99 per cent of the 50,000 tonnes of tinned tuna Australians eat every year came from overseas, she decided to do something about it.
Cairns mum Kate Lamason was shocked to learn that 99 per cent of the 50,000 tonnes of tinned tuna that Australians eat every year is imported and that less than a third of it is certified as sustainably fished.When Rowan Lamason pointed out Australia's reliance on imports to his wife six years ago, he was tuna fishing off the Cairns coast using cameras, electronic logbooks and vessel monitoring systems to meet our domestic fishery's strict sustainability standards.
Ms Lamason admits that running a 100 per cent Australian manufacturing business comes with challenges. Queensland 2024 Agrifutures finalists with Queensland Governor Jeannette Young from left, Louise Nicholas, Natasha Kocks, Kate Lamason, Kylie Hollonds.Thrilled to be amongst such innovative women, the recognition has fuelled her ambition to get processed Australian tuna into Woolworths, Coles and Aldi."We have the luxury of having a great supply of fish, but there is still no Australian tuna sitting on our supermarket shelves, which is shocking," Ms Lamason said.
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