The species and size of fish dictate which market in Japan each fish or carton will go to. Although the fixed-price buyers do not pay the same rates that can be achieved on the auction floor, a greater range of sizes and grades can be sold. Also these buyers will take some albacore, a fish not usually exported. Nominal quantities of tuna are also supplied to the Hawaii market at times. The domestic market for product continues to expand as the palates of Australian consumers change.
Sales intrastate and interstate continue to increase for tunas, mahi mahi and wahoo.
This means that virtually nothing is wasted from the Great Barrier Reef Tuna processing operation. Retail sales through their shop continue to increase as locals and tourists experiment with the different species on offer. Tuna loins, fillets of mahi mahi, wahoo and moonfish are on offer. The off-cuts from filleting are chopped and sold to the crocodile farms, or to local companies that take tourists to the reef, so they can feed fish in the wild. The retail shop also buys in other marine products of a high quality so that customers have a wider selection to choose from.