Total operating cost per kilogram landed — quota lease, fuel, crew, bait and overheads. It is your breakeven, independent of what the market pays, and the figure that decides whether it is worth putting to sea.
Quota lease and fuel dominate the cost structure of most rock lobster operations; total cash cost per kilogram landed is highly sensitive to the lease market and diesel price.
FRDC ↗With quota lease often the single biggest line, cost of production is driven as much by the access market as by fishing. Watching it against beach price shows how much headroom the operation really has and how exposed it is to a lease-cost or fuel spike.
Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses, and keeps the figure current automatically.
Lock in quota lease early to avoid peak in-season rates.
Cut fuel and bait per kilo through efficient fishing.
Land the full quota so fixed costs spread over more kilograms.
Total operating cost per kilogram landed — quota lease, fuel, crew, bait and overheads. It is your breakeven, independent of what the market pays, and the figure that decides whether it is worth putting to sea.
You need: Quota lease cost ($), Fuel, bait & crew ($), Lobster landed (kg). Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses and keeps the figure current automatically.
Quota lease and fuel dominate the cost structure of most rock lobster operations; total cash cost per kilogram landed is highly sensitive to the lease market and diesel price.
Lock in quota lease early to avoid peak in-season rates. Cut fuel and bait per kilo through efficient fishing. Land the full quota so fixed costs spread over more kilograms.
Connect the software, spreadsheets and records you already keep, and Silo keeps every benchmark on this page current automatically.
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