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Exciting Future for Apollo Bay Fishermen’s Co-Operative and The Apollo Bay Harbour.

The Apollo Bay Fishermen’s Co-Operative wishes to inform the community and visitors that the Co-Op's iconic Harbour Restaurant will be closed for trading from October 6th, 2025, in preparation for the Apollo Bay Harbour Redevelopment Project.

This temporary closure marks a significant milestone in the long-anticipated redevelopment of the Apollo Bay Harbour precinct, aimed at enhancing infrastructure, improving visitor facilities, and ensuring the long-term sustainability of harbour operations.

“The redevelopment is an exciting opportunity to future-proof the harbour and support the working fishing fleet, while also improving public access and amenities.”

“While we understand the temporary closure may be disappointing for some, we’re confident that what’s coming will deliver long-term benefits for the entire community.”

Fresh fish and hot food will be available from 18 Pascoe Street while the redevelopment progresses.

The team looks forward to returning with an improved offering.

Apollo Bay Harbour Redevelopment building and site designs are now available and open for public feedback via https://haveyoursay.greatoceanroadauthority.vic.gov.au/AB-harbour/apollo-bay-harbour-building-and-site-designs

Updates on the redevelopment progress will be shared via the Co-Operative’s website and social media channels.

Apollo Bay Harbour Redevelopment building and site designs are now available and open for public feedback via https://haveyoursay.greatoceanroadauthority.vic.gov.au/AB-harbour/apollo-bay-harbour-building-and-site-designs

Celebrating 75 Years Of The Apollo Bay Fishermen's Cooperative.

Short film produced and directed by Jackson Hayat

The Fishermen’s Co-Operative

Operating for over 75 years

The Fishermen’s Co-Op was started at the harbour seventy-five years ago when local fishermen banded together to find markets for produce from the Bass Strait: abalone, scallops, snapper, flake (or gummy shark) and our world-famous Southern Rock Lobster (crayfish). Boats today still bring their catch to us here at the last working fishing harbour on the Great Ocean Road. Fisherman of 40 years, Nick Polgeest, who knows a thing or two about lobster, claims our crays are the best in the world and we supply Australia’s finest restaurants and fish markets. But the best place to eat our fresh fish and cray is outside by the harbour in the wind, sun and salty air, overlooking beautiful Apollo Bay.

MORE THAN FISH ‘n’ CHIPS

Our world famous Southern Rock Lobster, Scallops, Flake, Snapper, Octopus, Calamari and varied catch brought from the Bass Strait straight to the Co-Op then to your plate

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APOLLO BAY

HOME OF THE SOUTHERN ROCK LOBSTER 

Drop by and see the latest fresh catch, try some fresh local fish straight from the source, including a range of species filleted on site. Get a look at our world-class Southern Rock lobsters being offloaded from the boats before indulging in some of our world-class seafood. It doesn’t get any fresher. 

SUPPORTING LOCAL FISHERMEN

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OUR TEAM - BRINGING YOU THE FRESHEST CATCH EVERY DAY

DOODLES

LOCAL FISHERMAN

NICK POLGEEST

FISHERMAN FOR 40 YEARS

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ALAN NICHOLLS

CO-OPERATIVE MANAGER

 

HOW TO PREPARE SOUTHERN ROCK LOBSTER

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75 Years Of The Apollo Bay Fishermen's Co-Op Film. Following our successful community film screening we have uploaded our film celebrating 75 years of the Apollo Bay Fishermen’s Co-Op online. Watch now on the Co-Op website www.apollobayfishcoo
Today is the day! Get out of this wild weather and come and check out our film screening celebrating 75 years of The Apollo Bay Fisherman's Coop. 3pm-5pm-7pm at Apollo Bay Community Hall (formerly the senior citizens center) Hope to see you there. P
Let’s eat more whole fish. Really low prices in Pascoe St. Dory, sand Whiting, flounder… Lots of ‘This Tray’ $10 buck bargains … chat with Tanya Thanks for your support 🐟
Fresh local whole snappers available now at Pascoe St. $25 a kg drop in and see Bree and the team. Pascoe St shop is open 9-5pm 7 days a week. 📸 @doylee_art
Good afternoon We’ve got some lovely whole dory here off the Tambo yesterday good for 2 persons each and some snapper all need to be sold this arvo. Come in and take a look . Still plenty lobsters up to a kg available and cooked prawns, scallo
Good Evening Look who came to lunch today. Really good to see Alejandro back at the Co op and enjoying our local flagship dish. Top man from Melbournes Farmers Daughter and Victoria, Fed Square restaurant enjoying another days work at seafood destin
Good Afternoon. We have an amazing catch of flake just come in and ready to go in Pascoe St. Fresh cooked lobster ready in Pascoe….thanks to our friends in S. A. Apollo Bay catch coming through after 15/11/22 . Thanks for your support 👍🦞🐟
Good weekend coming up🌞 Co op on Pascoe has, Lobster, scallops, oysters, mussels, prawns, Flake, rockling, salmon, dory,snapper fillets, gemfish, sardines, tuna. Superb fish lunches and dinners at the harbour.. Thank you for your support.🐟🦞
Apollo Bay Harbour site will remain open Monday and Tuesday, closed Wednesday 2nd. Pascoe street will remain open throughout. 🦞
Morning Apollo Bay Another spectacular May day and what better way to spend it than enjoying a lunch of the freshest of fresh local caught fish with amazing Harbour, ocean and Otway views. Kitchen is open and fresh local caught flathead, flake , w
Afternoon, Brilliant weather here in the Bay and what better way to enjoy it than a feed of fresh local caught fish. Flathead tails still $49 a kg Whole Snapper, Flounder, Red Mullet and some King George Whiting also available. Plenty of fresh flak
Great weather for fishing. The Tambo crew have been out and working hard. This weeks fresh and local special : Flathead tails $49 kg!! Plenty of other mixed fillets such as dory, boarfish, butterflied warehou and gurnard. Some whole fish also avai
Happy Easter everyone! Treat your family this Good Friday and Easter weekend with fresh local seafood. Flathead and Flake straight off the boat, local Lobster, Oysters and Prawns all weekend while stocks last. 🎣 9am -5pm, 18 Pascoe Street. 🦞 📸 @do
How good is our Pascoe St shop looking! Drop in for the freshest local catch straight from the source. 🎣 🦞 The Apollo Bay Fish Co-op gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the Colac Otway Shire to the facade refurbishment at our fresh fish s
Home of the Southern Rock Lobster. 🦞 🤤 📸 apollo bay holiday park
Have you signed up to our local catch club yet? Be the first to hear updates via email about what comes off the boat so you have access to the freshest fish available - https://www.apollobayfishcoop.com.au/local-catch-club 📸@foodcornish
Pop on and see our friendly staff for the freshest local seafood on the Great Ocean Road. Open daily until 7pm at the Apollo Bay Harbour.
Have you tried our signature seafood platter? Available fresh to order from the Harbour shop daily until 7pm