South Australia — rock lobster exports
State companion to Federal — crustacean exports.
Five-year context (May 2021 – May 2026): Federal retrospective — Marshall premier to Mar 2022; Malinauskas + Scriven from Mar 2022; export surge Jan 2025.
Verified
- Species: Southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii); northern and southern zones; ITQ/TACC (PIRSA).
- ~250 licence holders (SA Premier Jan 2025).
- Seafood Export Growth Program — $475,000 (July 2024): diversification and China re-entry (SA State Development).
- January 2025: ~400 t, $33.5m to China (ABS data cited by government) (SA Premier).
- Export via Adelaide airport; record seafood tonnage cited (SA Premier).
- Limestone Coast exports also use Melbourne airport (LCFC).
Tension with WA (see federal entry)
- Same China live market; different dominant species (SA southern vs WA western) — federal analysis.
- Inferred: SA rapid rebound narrative vs WA pre-ban volume leader — WA-SA tension; not a formal interstate dispute in cited sources.
Key politicians
Current (federal context): Peter Malinauskas (Premier) · Clare Scriven (PIRSA / fisheries) · Joe Szakacs (trade releases 2024–25; not PIRSA)
Previous: Steven Marshall (Premier to Mar 2022)
Full roster: Federal crustacean exports — key people