This Christmas sustainable wild-caught prawns from the northeastern regions of Australia are aplenty, providing the best value for your prawn buck seen in years.
Nature plays a key role in the availability and quality of prawns we get each season
Due to the heavy rainfall in early 2023 in the northeastern regions of Australia, there is an abundance of Aussie wild banana prawns this year.
Banana prawns are highly correlated with high rainfall. Australia’s Northern Prawn Fishery is highly productive following good wet seasons and catchment flooding.
Periodic abundance is part of the natural cycle and the last time we saw a similar catch volume was in 2014.
Wild-caught Aussie prawns are more affordable than ever
It’s been reported that the price of banana prawns is less than what they were a year ago.
Sustainable wild-caught prawns are available at a range of prices that are good for your pocket and the ocean too. Shop around and look for the MSC blue fish tick label to be sure you’re buying sustainably.
By choosing sustainable prawns now, we can safeguard future supplies of affordable prawns at Christmas well into the future.
Almost two-thirds of wild-caught prawns in Australia are MSC-certified sustainable
Christmas prawns continue to be an iconic Aussie tradition. If you don’t have prawns for Christmas, you will likely know someone who does.
In saying that – to protect this icon, we need to ensure that our prawn fisheries are sustainable.
Australian fisheries are doing a fantastic job of that as over 63% of Australian wild-caught prawns now meet the MSC’s world-leading sustainable fishing standard.
The sustainability practices in MSC-certified prawn fisheries help to maintain healthy prawn populations and reduce bycatch.
These fisheries have been independently assessed by a team of scientists to determine if they’re taking the right amount, maintaining a healthy ecosystem, and managing well into the future.
It's easy to buy MSC-certified sustainable prawns in Australia
Most of us want to buy seafood that tastes great and is good for the environment but with so many dodgy messages and claims out there, it can be confusing to know what to look for and hard to trust what’s being said.
However, it’s super easy to choose Aussie wild-caught prawns that are sustainable. Just look for the MSC blue fish tick label when shopping for your prawns to know they’re wild-caught and independently certified as sustainable.
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Wild prawns have a unique taste
Like wine flavours tell the story of the soil and environment in the grapes, so too do Australian Wild Prawns reflect the unique natural flavours found only in nature from the wild Australian waters where they are caught.
To help you make the most of prawns at Christmas, we've put together 22 mouth-watering Christmas prawn recipes by top chefs from Australia and beyond.
