You can find Polacco Family Trust at the markets every week

Product line: Scallops with sea urchins yet to come

 ‘Our scallops aren’t farmed,’ Lucy explains. ‘We travel the coast looking for patches. Basically Paul gets dragged behind the boat for up to six hours until we find a patch. We actually just had a period of about three weeks where we didn’t find anything.’

Lucy and Paul don’t settle in one spot, they move around in an effort to ensure that spots don’t become fished out. The couple started in Kangaroo Island and are now finding their catch off of the Yorke Peninsula.

Lucy and Paul only started scalloping about eight months ago, coming across the business opportunity by Paul’s interest in it and working on the water.
‘As soon as we saw this opportunity it hit home and Paul said that’s where he wanted to be, on the water. It’s been really hard work, but also really rewarding.

‘You actually can’t buy or sell licenses to harvest scallops. We are able to harvest the scallops because we are sole shareholders of a company which holds a licence. It’s really complicated, but it’s also good because it secures the future of both the industry and scallop populations around the state.’

Contact: You can find Paul and Lucy at both the Willunga Farmers Markets and the Adelaide Showground Markets every weekend. You can also order directly.

Mob: 0422 267 808 or lucy(at)polaccoenterprises.com.au