Best 'ever' Gulf barramundi season brings smiles to Christmas spread

Monsoonal flooding, heavy rainfall and three cyclones have swamped Queensland's remote Gulf of Carpentaria during the past two wet seasons. "There's been more fish this year than I've ever seen caught," Mr Kemeridis said. "Tiger prawns a premium product normally exported and is really, really good quality available pretty well anywhere in Australia at moment … and mud crabbers are having good runs." "The quality has been great, we've made recommendations and it's always good to see people come back and let us know what they think," she said. "What's setting the benchmark prices for the commercial sector is the cheap imports — you can buy Queensland Spanish mackerel for $30 a kilo, or you can get the cheap Indonesian alternative," he said.