Oceana Group :: Oceana Lobster


		About - Products

	The division is internationally respected as a reliable producer and exporter of prime quality live and frozen South African Rock Lobster and frozen Squid products, and produces and markets value added potato products through Lamberts Bay Foods.



		Species: Loligo Reynaudi (South African Squid) The South African Squid or Loligo Reynaudi is characterised by an elongated mantle with fins which are rhomboidal in shape and longer than broad. The arms are short, tentacles are long, the clubs are expanded and club suckers are greatly enlarged.

Fleet
A fleet of five freezer vessels catch and sea-freeze Loligo Reynaudi squid. These vessels are fitted with sophisticated temperature analysing equipment, sonar plotters, on-board processing, packing and blast freezing equipment.

Fishing
Caught between Cape Town and Durban, mainly in the Eastern Cape (FAO47), the squid are caught by hand-line jig method and immediately blast frozen at sea.

Production

The product is then landed to a HACCP-accredited factory at Port Elizabeth on South Africa’s east coast to be boxed and sold to Europe and Japan.

Markets
Italy; Spain; Portugal; Greece; Japan

Season
End November to Mid October

Frozen Squid:

Size/s: Measured by mantle length as follows:

XL- ±30cm; ±2 squid/kg
L- 25-30cm; ±3 squid/kg
M- 18-25cm; ±5 squid/kg
S- ‹18cm; ±8 squid/kg

Grading:

CJ- ›70-100% chocolate in colour
C- 30-70% chocolate in colour
No- ‹30% chocolate in colour to creamy colour