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Catch grade mix

62% premium live

The split of your landed catch across market grades — premium live, standard live, and lower-value local or cooked product. In a live fishery this mix, more than tonnage, determines the price you realise.

Worked example · Share of landed catch by grade
62% Premium live · 62% Standard live · 28% Local / cooked · 10%
Share of landed catch by grade
The benchmark

Tasmanian rock lobster is overwhelmingly sold live into premium export markets; the grade and condition landed, not just the weight, sets the price achieved.

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What it signals

Two boats can land the same weight and earn very different money on grade alone. Tracking the mix shows whether handling, holding and timing are delivering export-grade animals, or whether condition losses are quietly pushing product down the price ladder.

Data required to calculate
Catch by gradekgTotal landedkg

Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses, and keeps the figure current automatically.

How to improve it
01

Handle and hold gently to keep animals in export-live condition.

02

Target grounds and seasons that yield the sizes buyers pay for.

03

Grade and pack to processor spec to avoid downgrades.

Questions & answers

What is catch grade mix?

The split of your landed catch across market grades — premium live, standard live, and lower-value local or cooked product. In a live fishery this mix, more than tonnage, determines the price you realise.

What data do you need to calculate catch grade mix?

You need: Catch by grade (kg), Total landed (kg). Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses and keeps the figure current automatically.

What is a good catch grade mix benchmark?

Tasmanian rock lobster is overwhelmingly sold live into premium export markets; the grade and condition landed, not just the weight, sets the price achieved.

How do you improve catch grade mix?

Handle and hold gently to keep animals in export-live condition. Target grounds and seasons that yield the sizes buyers pay for. Grade and pack to processor spec to avoid downgrades.

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