Oceana Group :: Blue Continent Group


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	Blue Continent Products specialises in the fishing, processing, procurement, international marketing, distribution and trading of local and foreign caught marine products.



		On board its vessels and in its factories, Blue Continent Products catches and process frozen and fresh hake caught in South African waters. The products are marketed to select hake markets worldwide.

Sea Frozen Hake

Specie: Merluccius capensis / paradoxus

Origin: South Africa (West, South and East coasts),South Atlantic - Area 47

Production: Caught by demersal trawl. Fish is processed in Headed and Gutted and fillet forms, and frozen at sea. All packing and processing is in accordance with HACCP and EU regulations.

Fresh Hake

Specie: Merluccius Capensis / Paradoxus

Origin: South Africa (West, South and East coasts),South Atlantic - Area 47

Production: Caught by trawl and longline. Fish is processed in Headed and Gutted form, and fresh packed on ice. All packing and processing is in accordance with HACCP and EU regulations.

Monk

Specie: Lophius Piscatorius

Origin: South Africa

Production: Caught by trawl method. Fish is processed head on and/or in tail form. All packing and processing is in accordance with HACCP and EU regulations.

Bycatch

Specie: John Dory (Zeus Capensis) Kingklip (Genypterus capensis), Octopus (Octopus Vulgaris), Panga (Pterogymnus Laniarius), Ribbonfish (Lepidopus caudatus), Snoek (Thyrsites atun)

Origin: South Africa (West, South and East coasts),South Atlantic - Area 47

Production: Caught by demersal trawl. Fish is processed, packed and frozen at sea.

Recently the South African Hake industry received a rare honour when the UK-based Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) declared its hake trawl industry to be a sustainable resource. With the seal of the MSC, environmentally conscious European and US consumers will now have an added incentive to choose South African Hake. The MSC standard is the main internationally recognised set of environmental principles for measuring fisheries to assess if they are well managed and sustainable. South Africa's is the first Hake fishery anywhere in the world to receive accreditation.