At Boston Bay Mussels, we catch the wild spat (baby blue mussels) and grow them out using New Zealand long line technology. The technique allows the mussels to grow in the water column between 3-30metres below the surface and well off the seafloor, which means the mussels are always clean and healthy and free from bottom dwelling predators. The resulting mussels are characteristically small, soft and sweet with a rich, creamy texture.

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The mussel crops are closely monitored by our highly skilled marine crews to ensure the consistency of condition, flavour and texture throughout the entire growing process. Mussels are graded and cooled before heading to our Port Lincoln processing facility where they are scrubbed, cleaned and de-bearded, making the mussels ‘pot ready’. Our blue mussels are conditioned and cooled in oxygenated saltwater and packed in our unique Sea Sure packaging which replicates the mussels’ natural environment, keeping them live and stress-free. 

PRODUCTS

Boston Bay Mussels are grown in the Mediterranean style to be small, soft and sweet. Unlike big oceanic mussels from open water farming, the true quality of the Bay grown mussel lies in it’s eating quality. At the start of the season in June, Boston Bay mussels are typically “petite” with 60-70 pieces per kilo and a meat to shell ratio of nearly 50 per cent. As the harvest year continues, the mussels grow in size to 30-35 pieces per kilo by March. The Quality Control system operated by Boston Bay Mussels ensure that the meat to shell ratio remains high throughout the season, but importantly that there is always an excellent eating mussel.

SIZING

1kg

Pot Ready

Boston Bay’s famous live, scrubbed, cleaned mussels, packed in our unique ‘sea sure’ packaging–keeping them live and stress free making them soft, sweet and delicious, every time. 

500g

Retail Pack

Boston Bay’s Live Pot Ready Mussels, packed in a convenient 500g pack–ideal for retail as a serve for 2 people.

2kg, 3kg, 4kg and 5kg

Caterer’s Pack

Boston Bay’s Live Pot Ready Mussels come packed as above using our unique ‘sea sure’ technology. This format is ideal for restaurants, hotels or cafés–reducing waste, labour and cost.

Commodity

Mussels

Packed directly from the harvest boat, these mussels are not graded, scrubbed, cleaned or de-bearded but are keenly priced.

Proprietary

Brand

Boston Bay can develop your own packaging for use in foodservice distribution or retail.

Mussel

Stock

Boston Bay mussels have developed a unique stock. Extracted from live mussels, minutes from harvesting, the Kinkawooka mussel stock is smooth, rich and sweet – an ideal base to soups, chowders or sauces. Packed in 2L frozen pouches.

550g Cooked

Australian Blue Mussels 

We grade, scrub and de-beard our mussels, then cook our mussels in their natural juices and spring water within an hour of harvest to guarantee that every mussel in the bag is full, sweet and delicious. Chilled and packed in convenient 650g single serve packs, our Cooked Boston Bay Australian Blue Mussels can be eaten straight from the bag, heated with your favourite sauce or folded through pasta or rice to create a restaurant-quality meal in seconds. 

MUSSEL RECIPES

SUSTAINABILITY/QUALITY ASSURANCE

Sustainable and safe

South Australian mussel farming has minimal impact on the environment and we are moving to carbon neutral in every aspect of our business. Quality control is fundamental to the success of the company. With co-operative links with South Australian Universities and seafood research agencies worldwide, coupled with our own

state of the art quality control laboratories, all of our mussels far exceed the required food safety standards.

Quality

Daily monitoring of the water temperatures, nutrients and mussel condition across all growing areas in Boston bay, ensures that only mussels in premium condition are harvested by Eyre Peninsula Seafoods. Using automated harvesting equipment, the mussels are removed from the growing lines, graded and cleaned before being transported to the purpose built processing facility in Port Lincoln.

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Processed within hours of harvest, the culinary quality of the mussels is captured through a combination of traditional handling and contemporary technology. At every step, the culinary quality and suitability of the mussels is the focus.

Friend of the Sea

Boston Bay Mussels are a Friend of the Sea, and are recognised by the International Seafood Sustainability organisation, Friend of the Sea. Products and their origins are audited onsite by independent international certification bodies, against strict Friend of the Sea sustainability criteria. Friend of the Sea Criteria follow the FAO – Guidelines for the Ecolabelling of Fish and Fishery Products from Marine Capture Fisheries. In particular, only products from stocks which are not overexploited can be certified

(Art. 30 FAO Guidelines). 

NASAA

All South Australian Mussels meet the National Association for Sustainable Agriculture Australia’s (NASAA) Organic and Biodynamic Standard covers the organic supply chain – from input manufacturers, producers, processors to wholesale and retail operations – ensuring organic integrity 'from paddock to plate'. NASAA Certified Organic (NCO) is a fully-owned subsidiary of the National Association for Sustainable Agriculture Australia, and provides certification and audit services to the organic industry,

in Australian and internationally.

SASQAP

The South Australian Shellfish Quality Assurance Program (SASQAP) is a joint initiative between Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA) and the shellfish industries of South Australia. The quality assurance program provides public health protection for consumers of South Australian shellfish. Under the program, water and shellfish where oysters, mussels, cockles and scallops are harvested are monitored to ensure that shellfish product sold only originates from areas

free of any harmful substances.

EYRE PENINSULA
FOOD SAFETY
CERTIFICATION

Eyre Peninsula Food Safety Certification

Kinkawooka Shelfish is accredited under the SA Primary Produce Food Safety

Scheme Act 2004. This is an independently audit scheme that ensures the safe growing, harvesting, handling and transport of mussels. Accreditation

Number 20/128. Kinkawooka Shelfish has achieved an Approved Arrangement with Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF). This is a certification to allow the export of mussels and incorporates Good Hygiene Practice, HACCP, Product Integrity and Importing country requirements. Registered Establishment Number 1667. This arrangement is audited on a six monthly basis by DAFF and ensures the highest standard of food safety throughout the process from sea to plate.

Halal Australia

Boston Bay Mussels have been verified to conform to the Codex of Halal Principles.

The scope of the certification covers receiving and storage of raw materials, manufacturing, labeling, packing, storage and dispatch of live mussels, mussel stock

and natural cooked (in the bag) mussels.