Australia’s GIANT Rock Lobsters!! Hand Caught Tasmanian Seafood!!

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Summary

TLDRIn this episode, the journey continues in Tasmania, where the hosts explore the island's rich marine life. They meet locals who are experts in catching and cooking some of the region's prized seafood, such as abalone and rock lobsters. The hosts dive into the water without tools to capture these creatures and later prepare them using various cooking techniques. They highlight Tasmania's conservation efforts to sustain its marine ecosystems and discuss the local seafood industry's impact. The episode celebrates Tasmania’s unique culinary landscape, contrasting it with mainland Australia and acknowledging the island's distinct cultural and natural offerings.

Takeaways

  • 🌊 Tasmania offers a rich diversity of edible marine life.
  • 👨‍🍳 Unique cooking techniques enhance the flavor of abalone.
  • 🦞 Tasmanian rock lobster is large and flavorful, a must-try delicacy.
  • 🌿 Conservation efforts are crucial for sustaining marine life.
  • 🏝️ Tasmania has a distinct culture compared to mainland Australia.
  • 🎣 Fishing is both a livelihood and a part of local culture.
  • 🦐 Local seafood contributes significantly to the economy.
  • 🦀 Community efforts ensure seafood is abundant for future generations.
  • 🍽️ Innovative recipes make Tasmania a culinary hotspot.
  • 🏞️ Tasmania's untouched wilderness offers unique adventure opportunities.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The adventure kicks off with a recap of a unique dining experience in Western Australia where sea turtle meat was savored, described as a mix of chicken, pork, fish, and frog. The journey then shifts focus to Tasmania, known for its impressive edible wildlife both on land and at sea. The episode features Tim and Chris, avid divers, who hunt delicacies in Tasmania's waters using only their hands. Their catch includes black lip abalone and the massive Tasmanian rock lobster, highlighting the sustainable and thrilling process of gathering seafood by hand in Tasmania's pristine environment.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The focus is on preparing the freshly caught abalone using a tenderizing method to ensure a superior texture when cooked. The abalone is breaded and fried, then served with a special dipping sauce, creating a dish that's both tender and flavorful. The conversation touches on Tasmania's uniqueness, its sparse population, and its untouched landscapes that give it a distinct character from the Australian mainland. Tastings reveal the abalone's dense texture and the simplicity and effectiveness of the preparation method shared by the divers.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    An exploration into the preparation of Tasmanian lobster follows, highlighting the grilling process which infuses a delightful smoky flavor into the sweet, dense lobster meat. The segment underscores the primal satisfaction of catching and consuming food from one's own surroundings, linking back to the community's conservation efforts which allow for sustainable seafood harvesting. The narrative includes a personal touch from the divers, whose YouTube channels aim to promote conservation and mental health awareness.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:21:07

    The journey concludes with a visit to a seafood factory in Hobart, showcasing the breadth of Tasmania's seafood offerings. Highlights include an industrial lobster processing operation and a surprising twist on fish and chips using shark. The Muir family, longtime fishers, discuss sustainable fishing methods, market dynamics, and the distinctiveness of Tasmanian seafood. The episode wraps up with tastings of various local seafood dishes, emphasizing the richness and diversity of Tasmania's marine ecosystem and the island's commitment to sustainability and quality.

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Video Q&A

  • What marine life is featured in the Tasmania episode?

    The episode features black lip abalone and Tasmanian rock lobster.

  • How are the sea creatures caught in the episode?

    Tim and Chris catch sea creatures by diving without using tools, grabbing them by hand.

  • What cooking method is used for abalone?

    The abalone is tenderized, coated in bread crumbs and herbs, and then fried.

  • How are the lobsters prepared?

    Lobsters are grilled with garlic butter and served on bread with cream cheese and crisp lettuce.

  • What conservation efforts are mentioned in the episode?

    There are limits on how many lobsters and abalone can be caught to help conservation efforts.

  • What is a distinctive feature of Tasmanian rock lobster?

    Tasmanian rock lobsters are known for their large size and dense, flavorful meat.

  • Are there any specific rules about catching seafood?

    Yes, individuals need a license to catch specific quantities of abalone and lobsters.

  • How important is seafood to Tasmania?

    Seafood is a significant part of Tasmania’s culture and economy, with many local conservation efforts in place.

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  • 00:00:00
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    last time on our awesome Australian food
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    Adventure we traveled Western Australia
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    where we ate exotic sea turtle meat with
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    the Aboriginal Community it tastes like
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    four different animals chicken pork fish
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    frog
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    in that order
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    now we're headed across this giant
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    continent to the island of Tasmania This
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    Island state has a population of only
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    half a million but it boasts some of the
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    most impressive edible Wildlife anywhere
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    on land possum is a very dense smoke so
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    it does need a nice long slow break it's
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    a better than pulled pork and in the sea
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    nothing better than just eating
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    something that you poured
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    today we're on a mission to explore What
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    creatures lurk in the pristine Waters
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    that surround This Island from marine
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    life caught by hand it's one of the best
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    meat textures out there to a large-scale
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    seafood Factory processing thousands of
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    pounds of ocean meat per month how
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    popular is eating shark in Australia
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    this Succulent Seafood Lover's Dream
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    Begins right here on the coast
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    gentlemen thank you for being here today
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    we have an absolute treat for you guys
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    we have been out on a hunt a couple of
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    days out at Sea about 50 kilometers
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    offshore at one point and we have
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    gathered some fantastic tally treats for
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    you this is Tim he works as a Director
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    of Photography and Chris here is a
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    retired veteran they each have their own
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    YouTube channels where they showcase a
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    passion for diving and thrilling
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    Adventures around the island of Tasmania
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    so catching all this stuff are you using
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    the same method pretty much we're both
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    diving on a compressor which is a
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    Horrors running to us underwater so we
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    can take our time down there yeah you're
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    gonna use your hands down here we can't
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    use any U10 tools no Spears nothing like
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    that so it's purely just with your mitts
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    how many creatures are in both of these
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    skis right now that's three unshucked
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    Abalone in here and about four Shucks
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    Abalone would have eight odd crayfish in
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    here dare I say it's the biggest
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    crayfish or Lobster that you've shown on
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    your show so far
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    I think it's time for some Show and Tell
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    let's get into it okay
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    our first catch is a worldwide luxury
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    product and the best of its kind can be
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    found in the coastal Waters of Tasmania
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    black lip Abalone these seed Critters
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    are Masters of Disguise blending in with
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    ordinary rocks but once you spot one all
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    it takes is a flick of the knife to pop
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    it off and what we've got here
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    how's abalone
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    for a pound the Avalon it's one of the
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    best meat textures out there it's so
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    dense it's like a goat heart that's
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    pretty good catch yeah absolutely all
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    right let's close it up
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    I'm so excited for this one
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    Tim all righty well well this is a full
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    day on the water I really hope you enjoy
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    the size of these ones and they are just
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    so beautiful we love these creatures
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    down here you've hiked this up quite a
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    bit now we've set our sights on the
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    grand prize the infamous Tasmanian Rock
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    Lobster as Tim and Chris dive deeper the
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    temperature plummets and sunlight fades
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    our Target is a hide and seek Master
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    using the rugged landscape to stay out
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    of sight
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    once spotted the real challenge is
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    actually catching them without
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    hesitation you must zero in make your
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    move and grab it
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    yeah
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    oh
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    [ __ ] come on that's about a three and a
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    half kilo cray that is crazy that's
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    easily the biggest crab fish I've ever
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    seen with a seriously tough shell and
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    the ability to regenerate lost legs this
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    creature is Not Just A Feast for the
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    eyes but a delicious Conquest for those
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    who dare to pluck it from the salty
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    depths wow gentlemen you've outdone
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    yourselves this is fantastic I cannot
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    wait to see what kind of delicious food
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    this gets made into let's do it
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    all right
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    so first thing I'm going to do is Chuck
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    this just use a butter knife
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    and then put your thumb in there
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    and open it up like that and
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    there we go so now I'm just going to rip
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    these guts off
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    and then I'm just cutting the mouth of
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    this Abalone so the reason we cut the
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    mouth out is these are filter eating
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    mussels so we want to get rid of all the
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    bad stuff we're left with this muscle
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    here if we just cook these like this
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    it's going to be really rubbery and not
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    the greatest texture
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    give it a nice good bash and then you
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    can see how much softer it is a lot
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    easier to eat comes up much better for
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    us the pragmatically tenderized Abalone
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    gets a thorough wash with sea water then
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    it's coated with a mixture of bread
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    crumbs herbs salt and pepper so let's
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    keep it easy don't worry about your milk
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    and eggs Chuck it all in a sandwich bag
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    and give it a good Shake now it's time
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    to give these snails a sizzle
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    once fried to a crunch the Abalone meat
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    is cut into bite-sized pieces and served
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    with fresh Citrus lettuce and Chris's
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    Special Sauce consisting of soy sauce
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    Wasabi and minced garlic
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    lots of people struggle cooking Abalone
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    but this way you just can't go wrong
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    cheers
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    that's a stake in the sea really isn't
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    it absolutely yeah I'm surprised how
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    tender it is it's tenderizing method
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    actually works quite effectively now I
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    do appreciate the dense texture of
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    Abalone but this is nice too it's just a
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    different take that I've never
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    experienced it falls apart in your mouth
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    a little bit more would you pick up this
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    recipe so I actually created this just
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    by being lazy yeah it's one of my
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    favorite ways of doing it nice and easy
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    you know if you sort of wrap it in the
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    lettuce
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    give it a bit of a dip look at that
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    that's just bloody perfect I reckon
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    that's like Korean barbecue there you go
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    [Laughter]
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    this whole island how many people live
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    here oh I think about half a million on
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    the whole island I mean there's not many
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    people how far is it from Mainland
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    Australia 240 kilometers South and to
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    get up the island you basically have to
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    fly right ah swim all right that's an
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    option too so that makes this island
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    really unique because even though it's
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    part of Australia it's not that close to
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    the mainland and so over time it's going
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    to develop maybe a little bit of its own
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    culture how would you say Tasmania is
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    different from Mainland Australia the
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    beautiful thing about Tasmania is that
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    there are so many untouched gems here
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    Tasmania unlike Mainland Australia
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    offers a journey back in time with its
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    untouched Wilderness and traumatic
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    landscapes
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    it's a realm of rugged Cliffs dense
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    rainforests and Relentless southern
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    ocean waves
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    standing in stark contrast to the more
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    familiar scenes of the Australian
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    Outback the whole Uncharted untouched
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    that's a big thing for me so yeah it's a
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    really good place to sort of grow up and
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    spend your years I reckon we have one
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    more course remaining fresh Tasmanian
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    lobster roll monsters this size are a
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    bounty of sweet Rich meat today's recipe
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    requires some thick meaty tails
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    [Music]
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    all right what we're going to do here is
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    cook these tails for about 10 to 15
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    minutes it's such a beautiful white
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    sweet meat and it's unlike anything else
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    from the ocean
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    straight on the barbecue
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    now we're just going to start the slow
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    cooking them through the pan with a
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    little bit of garlic butter we've also
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    got some of these cray legs these big
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    fighting cores are going to be fantastic
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    [Music]
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    now for the bill
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    smear on cream cheese and make a bed of
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    chopped lettuce on which the lobster
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    meat can rest get it it's resting on a
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    bed oh [ __ ] clever
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    finally drizzle some Tangy sauce on top
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    [Music]
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    this looks gorgeous what makes it
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    Tasmania I made it and I'm Tasmanian
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    yeah that's what I assumed
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    [Music]
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    that is so good the bread is perfect
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    there's a crisp of the lettuce then the
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    Tang of the mayonnaise inside but man
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    just tons and tons of delicious Lobster
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    that is some of the sweetest Lobster
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    I've ever had yeah it's a really good
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    way of cooking it like that easy as just
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    chucking on the cows and can't go wrong
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    oh I love how Smoky it is too really
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    good just a great delicious creative use
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    of these local ingredients that you guys
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    fought hard for do you feel the reward I
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    feel the reward and I didn't do anything
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    nothing better than just eating
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    something that you've taught yeah I
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    think it takes you back to that prime or
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    Instinct of us you know I believe little
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    animals in some way so you know I catch
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    your own food and then eat it like this
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    it's just just perfect isn't it and
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    we've still got the legs to get into it
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    well let's do that
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    [Music]
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    this is what you don't find on many
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    lobsters so this is a example of getting
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    it in one piece sort of comes out like
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    that just go straight up straight down
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    the Gob
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    hmm oh my God so sweet succulent
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    delicious too juicy a little bit smoky
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    [Music]
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    I'm curious can anybody catch what
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    you're catching here how does that work
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    you need a license to be able to fend
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    for yourself with these guys tasmania's
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    flourishing Seafood scene is attributed
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    not only to its Lively ecosystem but
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    also to the community's conservation
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    efforts for example Tim and Chris are
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    only allowed to catch two lobsters and
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    10 Abalone in one outing back in the day
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    like my grandfather he'll tell you
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    stories about him just out the front
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    here when there was abundance more of
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    these creatures so the numbers have
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    decreased that much it has decreased but
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    over the last couple of years
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    conservation has kicked in and the
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    populations are coming back quite strong
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    both of you have channels that are
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    focused on Australian Outdoors on
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    catching Seafood on Wildlife for each of
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    you what is the goal with your channel
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    and what kind of message do you hope to
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    get to your audience my channel is
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    called Test cast I teach people how to
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    catch the fish that I catch and to
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    remind people of conservation on those
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    fish at the same time to make sure that
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    we can fish into the future my social
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    media channels has the adventure man and
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    I predominantly do a lot of outdoor and
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    underwater adventures so a big part of
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    my life and my social media is PTSD
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    anxiety mental health so I think it's
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    really important for able to say that if
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    you are having some of these illnesses
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    then you can still have a good life yeah
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    I'm just everyday bloke so do do what I
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    do and you'll enjoy the best thing as
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    well about everything that we do is it
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    gets you out in nature and to me I'm the
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    best possible version of myself when I'm
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    on my boat fishing with the rod of my
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    hand gentlemen thank you so much this
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    has been incredible it was good to get a
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    little taste and we got actually a lot
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    more of the difficult taste and then
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    from here we're going big
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    we're embarking on a three-hour drive
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    across the island to its capital Hobart
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    here we'll tour a family-owned Seafood
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    Factory where they do it all from
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    Catching and processing to Distributing
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    to restaurants
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    we're here to indulge in some unexpected
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    local favorites like shark meat oh gosh
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    that looks lovely but first a quick tour
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    we love Seafood essentially what we do
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    our guide jock Muir third generation of
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    muirs fishing we fish probably pretty
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    similarly to how you would have been
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    down on the beach we use Hoops but
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    instead of one hook on a rod we use Auto
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    long lines set 500 meters deep and we
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    catch fish like Laura trevella why you
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    hook the fish and not throw gigantic
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    nuts for us it's all about quality hook
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    caught fish you're not getting that
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    pressure on the fish in a big nap if
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    you're catching a ton of fish you've got
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    a ton of pressure pushing down on each
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    fish and you ever have other countries
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    intruding on your territory
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    New Zealand Japan give cannons on your
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    boat no quite that bad it's all friendly
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    for now we're excited to see the rest of
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    the factory and everything that happened
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    here I guess we could start with this
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    what is this station all about this is
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    our main processing floor so some of our
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    teams started at 11 30 last night and
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    they'll work through to about midday
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    Easter week this week big big week for
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    us remember those giant lobsters from
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    this morning well jock has a literal
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    boatload of them right here first of all
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    how big is your biggest lobster we have
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    a few about three kilo fish
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    did to fill this gigantic tank Jack
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    orders lobsters from contractors all
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    around Tasmania instead of catching them
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    by hand they trap the spiny Crustaceans
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    with baited cages tripods is what we
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    call it South Coast of Tassie West Coast
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    and tazy East Coast you can catch
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    crayfish all around Tassie the one in
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    your hand right now if you had to guess
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    about how much would that cost in a
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    fancy restaurant you'd probably be
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    paying 600 I reckon it's a lot of money
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    for a meal and I guess it's just so much
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    work to get these right the demand for
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    them can go through the roof and that's
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    what drives the price up really high
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    fantastic all right let's keep moving I
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    want to see what else you got not a
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    problem fish and chips is typical made
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    from Cod or haddock but Australia is not
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    a typical place and in just a moments
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    we'll be trying fish and chips shark
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    style so this is a mako shark probably
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    70 kilos I reckon Gardens mako shark is
  • 00:12:21
    a lightning fast Predator high up on the
  • 00:12:23
    food chain capable of reaching speeds up
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    to 45 miles per hour how popular is
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    eating shark in Australia they
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    aggressively feed on a variety of marine
  • 00:12:31
    species including other sharks fish and
  • 00:12:33
    chips everyone wants Blake and for most
  • 00:12:35
    Australians black man's shark gummy
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    shark School sharks are very popular
  • 00:12:39
    mako sharks up there as well any market
  • 00:12:41
    for this right here lots of Asian
  • 00:12:42
    markets love the fins we don't do much
  • 00:12:44
    of it ourselves here in Kazi but we do
  • 00:12:46
    send a bit over to the Melbourne markets
  • 00:12:48
    are you targeting to fish these or is it
  • 00:12:50
    considered by catch this is a bycatch
  • 00:12:51
    for us so a lot of our bycatch
  • 00:12:53
    non-targeted fish is still really good
  • 00:12:55
    usable product like the shark here
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    dive Fork first into our impending
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    Seafood Feast how about a tantalizing
  • 00:13:02
    teaser welcome to the Oyster Road mixed
  • 00:13:05
    prison
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    this is the Tasmanian Pacific oyster
  • 00:13:09
    these oysters nurtured in the cool and
  • 00:13:11
    nutrient-rich Southern and Eastern
  • 00:13:13
    coastlines are a sought after delicacy
  • 00:13:15
    worldwide how many are you shocking a
  • 00:13:17
    day two to three hundred thousand
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    300 dozen is
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    [Music]
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    5 million what is the secret to
  • 00:13:26
    efficiently effectively shucking an
  • 00:13:28
    oyster Avery oyster's got a muscle at
  • 00:13:30
    about three o'clock so I go in there
  • 00:13:32
    turn my knife up to cut the muscle off
  • 00:13:34
    the top lid and then you scrape down to
  • 00:13:36
    detach it from the bottom shield and
  • 00:13:38
    flip it over and turn it so it's ready
  • 00:13:40
    to eat straight out of the shell wow and
  • 00:13:42
    you joined that once every six seconds
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    let's cut the machine
  • 00:13:47
    mmm that's really good it has a natural
  • 00:13:49
    sweetness and a natural saltiness to it
  • 00:13:52
    and it's a nice size I used to think
  • 00:13:53
    bigger was better with oysters incorrect
  • 00:13:56
    really good condition these oysters are
  • 00:13:57
    at the moment so they're beautiful
  • 00:13:58
    oyster very nice super delicious the
  • 00:14:01
    only thing better than a lobster is
  • 00:14:02
    another Lobster though instead of
  • 00:14:04
    grilling this one is steamed with a
  • 00:14:05
    fleet of his friends here an industrial
  • 00:14:08
    sized vat receives a collection of
  • 00:14:10
    lobsters that Steam for about 30 minutes
  • 00:14:12
    normally after steaming they'd be
  • 00:14:14
    chilled and delivered to local
  • 00:14:15
    restaurants
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    but for us they're cut in half by Chef
  • 00:14:18
    Nathan The Mastermind behind three of
  • 00:14:21
    your seafood restaurants
  • 00:14:23
    with the addition of lemon and homemade
  • 00:14:25
    aioli this dish is complete
  • 00:14:31
    oy
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    gentlemen this looks outstanding the
  • 00:14:36
    first thing I want to start with is this
  • 00:14:38
    right here go for it this thing is needy
  • 00:14:40
    very good wow that is half a lobster
  • 00:14:43
    tail we have a lime and coriander aioli
  • 00:14:45
    here aioli is like mayonnaise for rich
  • 00:14:48
    people cheers enjoy
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    [Music]
  • 00:14:52
    oh my God
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    is it so juicy it's plump I wonder if
  • 00:14:57
    it's because of the size is there like
  • 00:14:58
    an ideal size for a lobster
  • 00:15:02
    they're all pretty good
  • 00:15:04
    I think the general public leans towards
  • 00:15:06
    the smaller size they do say when they
  • 00:15:07
    get older they get a little bit more
  • 00:15:08
    tough but it's also a high cost item so
  • 00:15:12
    people may go for a smaller size one
  • 00:15:14
    that's what I would do I would get the
  • 00:15:15
    smaller one and be like well they taste
  • 00:15:16
    better actually what is the difference
  • 00:15:19
    would you say between this kind of
  • 00:15:20
    lobster and something like Alaskan
  • 00:15:22
    Lobster the European or the Alaskan ones
  • 00:15:24
    a lot more refined in their texture
  • 00:15:26
    they're not as densely packed in with
  • 00:15:28
    the flavor and the muscle structure here
  • 00:15:30
    I think these ones are a bit more of a
  • 00:15:31
    Wilder kind of stronger sea creature
  • 00:15:33
    yeah this is very dense it's got a bit
  • 00:15:35
    more bite to it yeah it's a longer two
  • 00:15:37
    yeah
  • 00:15:39
    course 2 an exhilarating encounter with
  • 00:15:41
    a mako shark
  • 00:15:46
    blend plain flour self-rising flour dock
  • 00:15:49
    cider salt pepper tarragon and fresh
  • 00:15:51
    dill coat the shark fillet in plain
  • 00:15:54
    flour then a layer of the batter
  • 00:15:57
    immerse it in sizzling hot oil until it
  • 00:16:00
    transforms into a golden Masterpiece
  • 00:16:02
    with a crunchy batter that sings with
  • 00:16:04
    flavor to accompany the shark plants
  • 00:16:07
    I'm going to crack a piece of this off
  • 00:16:11
    oh gosh that looks lovely I'm always so
  • 00:16:14
    fascinated by shark the idea that people
  • 00:16:16
    would even eat shark was something I
  • 00:16:17
    didn't realize to us maybe in my 30s
  • 00:16:19
    cheers
  • 00:16:21
    hmm
  • 00:16:24
    wow that's really good it's not that
  • 00:16:26
    flaky much salt to flush but the pipe is
  • 00:16:28
    great you have a great crust on there
  • 00:16:30
    very delicate the meat it's almost on
  • 00:16:32
    the side of being slightly mushy it sort
  • 00:16:34
    of reminds me of the stingray we had in
  • 00:16:36
    wa but when you mix that the softer
  • 00:16:37
    texture with the outer crunch it's a
  • 00:16:39
    nice combination can you tell me about
  • 00:16:41
    this right here this is our blue eye
  • 00:16:42
    traveler and this is actually a
  • 00:16:44
    modernized recipe from the Mueller's
  • 00:16:46
    Family Recipe the blue eye travella is a
  • 00:16:48
    large fish that can grow up to three
  • 00:16:50
    feet in length this deep sea swimmer is
  • 00:16:52
    cherished for its tasty flesh and we're
  • 00:16:54
    about to find out why
  • 00:16:55
    [Music]
  • 00:16:57
    after the blue eye travella is filleted
  • 00:16:59
    it's seared giving it a beautiful crust
  • 00:17:02
    [Music]
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    Beast it with tarragon infused butter
  • 00:17:09
    then transfer the fish to a baking tray
  • 00:17:12
    more butter then let it finish in the
  • 00:17:14
    oven
  • 00:17:17
    time to build our plate starting with
  • 00:17:19
    some delightful plants
  • 00:17:20
    a velvety lemon tarragon sauce
  • 00:17:23
    and Tasmanian Salmon Road the filet also
  • 00:17:26
    gets a drizzle before tapping in
  • 00:17:30
    finish off with olive oil and a crispy
  • 00:17:32
    trevella skin cracker
  • 00:17:35
    hmm
  • 00:17:37
    well that's so good completely different
  • 00:17:40
    texture for the shark it's so meaty you
  • 00:17:42
    hear things beings scallops have a flake
  • 00:17:44
    it's got a really sweet flavor that
  • 00:17:46
    little bit of citrus and the creamy
  • 00:17:48
    tarragon goes well with it oh yeah this
  • 00:17:49
    is excellent mix that with the cracker
  • 00:17:51
    mix with some veggies
  • 00:17:53
    wow it's really a famous table fish for
  • 00:17:56
    Tasmania right now it's really versatile
  • 00:17:58
    so you can put it in a curry you can pan
  • 00:17:59
    fry it or grill it or barbecue whatever
  • 00:18:01
    you want to do with it I was like the
  • 00:18:02
    tofu of fish here in Tasmania you guys
  • 00:18:05
    are super blessed this is ridiculous the
  • 00:18:07
    amount of different kinds of seafood
  • 00:18:08
    we've tried what's your favorite kind of
  • 00:18:10
    ingredient to work with here I think the
  • 00:18:12
    blue eye traveler is one of the most
  • 00:18:13
    approachable fish also the lobster and
  • 00:18:15
    Abalone and things like that we have a
  • 00:18:17
    great variety of seafood down here that
  • 00:18:19
    you don't get up on the East Coast of
  • 00:18:20
    Australia or Far North
  • 00:18:22
    you've got a lot of native Coastal
  • 00:18:24
    ingredients even on my drive to work I'm
  • 00:18:26
    using just some local sea asparagus that
  • 00:18:29
    are just in the Little River system and
  • 00:18:30
    I can see that just pick some with the
  • 00:18:32
    scissors and they actually go on a
  • 00:18:33
    couple of the dishes in the restaurant
  • 00:18:34
    as well there's food and there's a whole
  • 00:18:36
    food trail everywhere you go in Tasmania
  • 00:18:38
    it's so abundant with life with sea
  • 00:18:41
    creatures there's just so much here yet
  • 00:18:43
    only half a million people live here do
  • 00:18:44
    you have any idea why that is we try to
  • 00:18:46
    keep it a secret boy people complain
  • 00:18:49
    about the cold but I've lived here my
  • 00:18:50
    whole life so I don't know any
  • 00:18:51
    difference but it's beautiful it's
  • 00:18:53
    stunning I wouldn't want to live
  • 00:18:54
    anywhere else and I've grown up diving
  • 00:18:56
    for craze and fishing with dads and such
  • 00:18:58
    good Lifestyle the last thing I want to
  • 00:19:00
    know is in spite of everything you do
  • 00:19:01
    have here for food are there foods that
  • 00:19:03
    can't quite quench the palette of the
  • 00:19:05
    people here are there things you have to
  • 00:19:06
    import from other parts of Australia or
  • 00:19:09
    other parts of the world especially when
  • 00:19:10
    it comes to seafood prawns our water's
  • 00:19:12
    too cold for a reliable prawn fishery
  • 00:19:14
    down here so that's the big hole we have
  • 00:19:16
    to feel and definitely some vegetables
  • 00:19:17
    all in all we focus more on the
  • 00:19:19
    seasonality and the local produce down
  • 00:19:20
    here because there's enough to put on
  • 00:19:22
    menu is enough to go around all the
  • 00:19:24
    supermarkets yeah I gotta say we just
  • 00:19:26
    came from Western Australia it's
  • 00:19:28
    completely different the geography the
  • 00:19:30
    climate the weather was brutal hot humid
  • 00:19:33
    and the same with the types of food
  • 00:19:34
    you're going to find is completely
  • 00:19:35
    different too so it's been refreshing to
  • 00:19:37
    see how much diversity there is just in
  • 00:19:39
    going to these two places in Australia
  • 00:19:41
    it's quite amazing so gentlemen
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    you've just got to remain calm as soon
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    as you start panicking yeah it's game
  • 00:20:00
    over that's good motivation to that
  • 00:20:02
    Panic we're sitting amongst the Rocks
  • 00:20:04
    because it looks kind of cool on camera
  • 00:20:05
    not that practical not very comfortable
  • 00:20:07
    at all how much of the year is it not
  • 00:20:09
    good weather oh yeah oh yeah it's not
  • 00:20:11
    good about that it's pretty good now man
  • 00:20:12
    no this is the one day can we pull up a
  • 00:20:14
    picture of a Beloit travella
  • 00:20:21
    I'm going to be disappointed if you're
  • 00:20:23
    not happy with the size of these because
  • 00:20:25
    they are some of the biggest rock
  • 00:20:26
    lobster I've seen I feel like I'm at a
  • 00:20:27
    Tony Robbins event right now let's go go
  • 00:20:29
    for a lobster boom guys how did he end
  • 00:20:31
    of our first video here in Tasmania and
  • 00:20:33
    man this place is wild and we are just
  • 00:20:35
    getting started stick around for more
  • 00:20:37
    next week or whatever we publish again
  • 00:20:39
    anyways I want to say a huge thank you
  • 00:20:40
    to my man Andrew thank you
  • 00:20:43
    that was fun bob still you can find
  • 00:20:45
    Andrew on his YouTube channel right here
  • 00:20:46
    right now he has a series in Vietnam
  • 00:20:48
    featuring The KATU ethnic minority group
  • 00:20:50
    it is food focused and has a lot of
  • 00:20:52
    interesting cultural information go now
  • 00:20:53
    to his YouTube channel to check it out
  • 00:20:55
    otherwise guys that is it for this one
  • 00:20:57
    thank you so much for watching I will
  • 00:20:58
    see you next time
  • 00:21:00
    yes yes how do we get out of here I know
  • 00:21:03
    this is a weird one huh
  • 00:21:04
    you should put a door huh
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