Victoria is Australia's second largest state with the capital city of Melbourne, Australia's second most populous state. Total land area of Victoria is 237,629km2 which is similar to Japan's Honshu island, but the population is only 5.8 million people and majority of the land is rural and inhabited. Climate is subtropical.

There are numerous rivers, dam lakes and reservoirs in the vast land of Victoria, and natural eels live in large spread out areas. In Australia, there are no culture of eating eels, so the amount of eel catch has been very small, which can be understood by the current abundant resources. Along with the environmental management by the Australian government and minimizing the impact on the ecosystem, our suppliers work to maintain a sustainable fishery, and regularly change their fishing grounds.

Eels harveted are firstly purged to relieve the stress, then go through quality grading and sizing assortment prior to shipping. SOUTHERN EELS AUSTRALIA performs all purging, grading, packing and shipping operations.

Wild eels are different from farmed eel and can be characterized by its large size and firm meat quality. The taste of Australian wild eels grown in the wilderness of Australia is exceptional. Eels are very active from spring to autumn, but in winter, the eels go into hibernation, and supply either decreases dramaticaly of the supply can cease.
Do to Australia being in the southern hemisphere, we have the advantage to supply wild eels during the off season in Japan.