Octopus tetricus is distributed in the subtropical seas of eastern Australia and northern New Zealand, including Lord Howe Island. Fremantle Octopus) and as a part of the FRDC project ‘Octopus Aquaculture Development’, investigated the potential of octopus aquaculture in Western Australia. Since beginning fishing in 2018, our core product, Abrolhos Octopus, has quickly gained attention and appreciation from chefs around Australia and the world. The gloomy octopus occurs commonly in south western Australia from Shark Bay to Esperance and on the east coast of Australia from Eden, NSW to Moreton Bay, Qld. Rick Stein loves it, so does Frank Camorra from MoVida in Melbourne.

Hatchery methods were developed in an attempt to close the life cycle. Our minimum order is one pallet, however, smaller quantities are available via our local distributors. More recently however, the common Perth octopus has been treated under the name O. With our fishery providing just 500 tons of the global catch of over 400,000 tons, it’s a rare breed that’s fast becoming … tetricus in this ecosystem (Chapter 3). Fresh raw O. tetricus octopus tentacles are frozen and vacuum packed in two sizes for wholesalers and retailers, and can be shipped worldwide.

A second taxon, known as the common Perth octopus, occurs in Western Australia from Esperance to Shark Bay. WA octopus is changing menus around the world, having evolved from fishing bait to gourmet food.

Western Australian Marine Stewardship Council Report Series No.14 iii Executive Summary The WA Octopus Resource comprises several species of octopus, however, >99% of catches comprises the Western Australian Common Octopus (Octopus aff. Octopus tetricus commercial aquaculture FRDC Project No 2009/206 S. Kolkovski, R. Cammilleri, J. … It is a new and different species of octopus to hit the U.S. market called Tetricus Octopus and is indigenous to Western Australia. This population has extensively been treated under the name Octopus tetricus, , , , due to close similarities in morphological, behavioural and functional attributes between east and west coast forms. Closely related to the cosmopolitan O. vulgaris species complex, O. aff. Fremantle Octopus is the World’s Best Octopus. And because it’s naturally tender, there’s no need to tenderise the octopus before cooking. There are many different types of octopus found around the world, but this O. tetricus octopus is only found along the coast of Western Australia. The species of octopus ( O’Tetricus ) in mainly found off the Western Australian coast and is considered to be one of the best species of octopus in the world due to the quality and colour of its flesh when processed, its tenderness and flesh structure, its high quality diet as well as its generous size.

... Octopus tetricus. Introduction. Based in the small fishing town of Geraldton, over 400kms north of Perth, West Australian Octopus is the only large scale vertically integrated octopus fishing company in Australia. octopuses on an abalone sea ranch in south-western Australia: (i) does the distribution of octopus on the sea ranch affect the mortality of Greenlip Abalone, Haliotis laevigata (Chapter 2), and (ii) what is the diet and nutrient assimilation (δ13C and δ15N) of Octopus cf. 263, 2015 Fisheries Research Division Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories PO Box 20 NORTH BEACH, Western Australia 6920 635/15 ... sharks, eels and fur seals. tetricus), … Advanced systems, rearing and feeding protocols were established for ranching Octopus tetricus juveniles. At similar latitudes in Western Australia a closely related species or subspecies is found.