Meet Tasmania's new waterfront seafood festival

The Hobart waterfront will welcome a new seafood festival over the March long weekend to celebrate world-class Tasmanian seafood, local producers, and the waterfront community.

Tasmania's Seafood Festival will e hosted by fishing royalty Mures Tasmania, and sponsored by TasPorts. The free three-day festival will aim to turn Victoria Dock into a buzzing waterfront playground with food and drink stalls, live entertainment and family fun.

The new festival will run from Saturday, March 7 to Monday, March 9, starting from 11am daily and will bring together seafood producers, fishers, chefs and waterfront folk. 

From barbecued fish and Cajun-style seafood parcels to fresh paella, woodfired pizza, tacos, chowder, parmesan wheel pasta, oysters and bubbles, the menu will have widespread appeal. 

The Victoria Dock seafood punts will also operate throughout the event while Tassie beverage producers will be offering spirits, wine, beer and non-alcoholic options. 

The main stage will host a program of seafood carving, tastings and interactive presentations including a whole tuna carving, oyster shucking competitions, meet the producer sessions and complementary tastings. 

“We have long seen the potential for a large-scale seafood event in Tasmania,” said Will and Jude Mure,
the directors of Mures Tasmania. 

“Guests can watch free live demonstrations from Industry professionals, taste beautiful local seafood, take part in competitions and win prizes, while the kids enjoy hands-on activities and entertainment.

"This first year is just the beginning, and we hope to grow the festival over time into one of the country’s leading seafood events.”

For more info see mures.com.au/tas-seafood-festival.

# Mures Tasmania is a family-owned and -operated seafood business established in 1973 and located on Victoria Dock, Hobart. Mures catches, processes and serves premium local seafood directly from its own vessels Diana and Selkie and hosts several restaurants.