What is Port Lincoln known for?
Port Lincoln is a coastal city on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, known for its fishing industry, especially southern bluefin tuna, and for adventure tours such as shark cage diving and swimming with sea lions.
The city sits on Boston Bay, one of the largest natural harbors in the world. Fishing and seafood processing are central to its economy.
Port Lincoln is famous for southern bluefin tuna ranching, in which young tuna are caught and fattened in sea pens before being sold, mainly to Japan. The industry has made the town wealthy, and it is often said to have many millionaires per capita.
Seafood and adventure
The area also produces oysters, mussels, abalone and kingfish. Coffin Bay, nearby, is famous for its oysters.
Tour operators take visitors to the Neptune Islands for cage diving with great white sharks. Visitors can also swim with Australian sea lions at Hopkins Island.
Port Lincoln hosts Tunarama, a festival celebrating the tuna industry, each January. Lincoln National Park and Coffin Bay National Park offer beaches, camping and coastal walks. The famous racehorse Makybe Diva was owned by a Port Lincoln tuna fisherman and is commemorated with a statue on the foreshore.