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Tony’s Tuna International Pty Ltd (Tony’s Tuna) was founded in 1994 by Tony Santic, one of the pioneers of the Australian Tuna farming industry. Tony commenced tuna farming operations in 1992 after being a tuna fisherman since 1970. Tony’s Tuna is currently the second largest farmer of Southern Bluefin Tuna (also known as Thunnus Maccoyii, and Minami Maguro) in Australia. Tony’s Tuna is the only Australian tuna farm operator that has the ability to control it’s catching, feeding, farming, processing and freezing of all of it’s product under the company banner, without the need for external contractors.
Tony’s Tuna controls every step of the process enabling us to achieve our mission of delivering a high quality sashimi product to our Japanese customers. Consumer safety is always top of mind at Tony’s Tuna, where we meet and exceed all Australian Export and Japanese Import regulations.
Managing the entire process continues to allow us flexibility in the type and style of products we can produce. We have always been able to meet the various product specification required by all of our customers.
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Various Australian Government authorities (in particular Australian Fisheries Management Authority, Australian Quarantine Inspection Services and Australian Customs) closely monitor all aspects of the Australian Tuna industry.
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The fishing grounds are approximately 120 miles South West of Port Lincoln, on the Southern coast of Australia deep in the Southern Ocean. By the time the fish arrive at our fishing grounds, where they have swum over 3,000 kilometers which means that we are catching the healthiest fish that have survived this long journey.
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