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Group at a glance
The Oceana Group comprises numerous subsidiary divisions, each involved in their individual areas of operation.
   
  Group at a glance

 

Oceana Brands
Areas of Operations:
St. Helena Bay,
Cape Town,
Hout Bay,
Mossel Bay,
Walvis Bay,
Henley, UK.

Marketing
  • Markets canned fish products to consumers via wholesale and retail customers under the Lucky Star brand mainly in Africa.
  • Procures canned fish locally and internationally.

Fleet
  • A versatile fleet of owned and joint venture steel, wooden and fibreglass vessels operate from various ports on the west and south coasts of South Africa.


St. Helena Bay Cannery
  • Sources fish from the Oceana fleet, joint venture and contract vessels.

  • Largest EU-accredited pilchard cannery in South Africa.


Fishmeal and Fish Oil
  • Plants at St Helena Bay and Hout Bay produce fishmeal from pelagic fish - anchovy, redeye herring and pilchard.

  • Fishmeal and fish oil used primarily as components in animal and aquaculture feeds.


Namibia
  • Oceana has a significant shareholding in Etosha Fishing in Walvis Bay, Namibia.

  • Own and contract vessels supply the cannery and fishmeal plant.

  • Fishing under licence in Morocco.

  • Products are marketed by Oceana Brands.

Glenryck Foods
  • Markets canned fish products to consumers via wholesale and retail customers under the Glenryck brand in the UK.

Oceana Lobster
Squid and French Fries

Areas of operations:

Lamberts Bay,
St. Helena Bay,
Hout Bay,
Humansdorp,
Port Elizabeth.

Lobster
  • Industry leader with over 90 years’ experience.

  • Operates a fleet of 10 vessels and two HACCP-accredited processing plants.

  • Markets lobster to the Far East, Europe and the USA under a range of Oceana brands.


Squid
  • Fleet of five freezer vessels; contracts with independent vessel owners.

  • Packing and cold storage facility in Port Elizabeth and cold storage facility in Humansdorp.

  • Produces squid for export under the Calamari Fishing brand.


French Fries
  • Major supplier to South African quick service restaurants. Supplies limited volumes to wholesale and retail outlets through the Gold Seal and house brands.

  • Fries produced in a customer-accredited facility in Lambert’s Bay.

  • National sales and marketing infrastructure.


Blue Continent
Products

Areas of operations:

Cape Town,
Hout Bay,
Port Elizabeth,
Walvis Bay,
Isle of Man.

Horse Mackerel
  • South African vessel catches horse mackerel for export.

  • The Namibian-based Erongo Group operates its own fleet of three horse mackerel trawlers and charters additional vessels as required.

  • Exports mainly to African markets, supplemented by international trading and logistics services.


Hake
  • Interests in two steel trawlers and one longline vessel.

  • Processes fresh and frozen hake, mostly for export.

  • Brands include Blue Continent and Seamaid.


Blue Atlantic Trading
Area of operations:
Cape Town.

Local Trading
  • Blue Atlantic Trading handles a variety of imported and local marine foods distributed locally to wholesalers and the retail trade under the Blue Atlantic and Ocean Catch brands.


Commercial Cold
Storage

Areas of operations:

Cape Town,
Durban,
Johannesburg,
Walvis Bay.

Cold Storage, Fruit Handling, Stevedoring
  • Owns and manages public refrigerated warehousing capacity of about 105 000 pallets.

  • Major commodities include fish, meat, poultry, vegetables, dairy products and fruit.

  • Modern facilities comply with EU import requirements, eg ISO 9001:2008 and HACCP grading.

  • The steri-fruit facility in Durban is accredited by the PPECB and complies with import protocols of Japan and China, including JPQ.