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A Mackay seafood exporter of 30 years says he is "most definitely worried" about the ripple effects China's import ban will have on the Australian industry. Mackay Reef Fish Supplies owner David Caracciolo, who has sold seafood in the region since 1986, said China had not renewed import permits leaving Australian exporters in the lurch with nowhere to offload their product. He said the situation had reached a point where seafood usually destined for overseas - especially in the quiet times in-between Christmas, Chinese New Year and Easter - was being dumped on the domestic market deflating...

Premium Content Seafood lovers across Mackay are the winners of the trade dispute as prices are reduced. Mackay Fish Market owner David Caracciolo said while he did not have an exact figure on how many tonnes of prawns and seafood they had sold, he expected Christmas to be busy for retail sales. He said it would continue the sales trend experienced since Easter. "The lead up to Christmas has been quite strong (in the) last week or two," Mr Caracciolo said. He anticipated lobsters to be a big seller due to plummeting prices resulting from Australian trade disputes with China which was tra...