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Northern Prawn Trawlers
Seafood caught by Raptis Vessels in the Northern Prawn Fishery

The Northern Prawn Fishery encompasses eleven of the Raptis vessels, each originating from the Raptis’ Brisbane premises. This fishery covers a region of Australia’s Northern Waters from Gulf of Carpentaria to the Kimberleys. The globally renowned product derived from these freezer vessels accumulates from two predominant seasons:  The Banana Prawn Season of six weeks duration in April and May and the Tiger Prawn Season of three months, between August and November. Motherships, providing refueling and unloading provisions, allow for each vessel to remain centralised in fishing waters for the extent of each season. Outside of these prawn seasons, several vessels trawl along Australia’s Western Coastline in search of Scampi and Morton Bay Bugs.  Vessels which do not participate outside the prawn seasons undergo refits at either one Raptis’ Brisbane or Karumba docks.