South Africa

Where two oceans
meet.

South Africa sits where the Atlantic and Indian oceans converge, in cold, nutrient-rich waters. The seas off Cape Town are among the most productive fishing grounds on earth.

Line-caught EU Catch Certified Cold chain

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Cape Town, West Coast

Benguela and Agulhas currents

Product Catalogue

Seafood

Hake

Merluccius capensis, M. paradoxus

Core product

South Africa's largest fish export. White, lean and delicately textured. Line-caught premium quality (PQ), graded by size. Shipped fresh, headed and gutted, never frozen.

Form Fresh, headed & gutted

Grade Grade 1-2, 2-3, 3+

Catch Line and hook

Shipping Air freight, 2-8°C

Tuna

Yellowfin & Bigeye / Thunnus albacares, T. obesus

Premium

Yellowfin and bigeye tuna, caught one by one on the line. Offered as loins and whole fish. The deep-red meat quality prized by the sushi and gourmet segment.

Form Whole, loin

Catch Pole & line

Shipping Air freight, 2-8°C

Use Sushi, gourmet, fresh

Yellowtail

Seriola lalandi

Seasonal

The West Coast's robust, oil-rich pelagic fish. Favoured for the grill, smoking and sushi. Harvested by line fishing, shipped whole or filleted.

Form Whole, fillet

Catch Line and hook

Shipping Air freight, 2-8°C

Use Grill, sushi, smoked

Rock Lobster

West Coast Rock Lobster / Jasus lalandii

Niche

The West Coast's signature rock lobster. A high-value product for fine dining and hotels. Harvested under a quota-controlled fishery, offered live or as frozen tails.

Form Live, frozen tail

Catch Quota-controlled

Shipping Air freight

Segment Fine dining, hotels

Calamari

Cape Hope Squid / Loligo reynaudii

High demand

Also known as "chokka", Cape calamari is prized for its fine, white flesh. Prepared as tubes, rings and whole. A steady-demand product for restaurants and wholesale.

Form Tube, ring, whole

Catch Jig fishing

Shipping Frozen or fresh

Use Restaurant, wholesale

Oysters

Crassostrea gigas

Live product

Oysters farmed in the clean waters of the Knysna lagoon. A live, fresh product for fine dining and raw bars. Sorted by size and shipped live under a controlled cold chain.

Form Live, in shell

Source Knysna lagoon farming

Shipping Air freight, cold chain

Segment Fine dining, raw bar

How It Works

From Cape Town to the table, freshness intact

Fresh fish moves under an unbroken cold chain and direct air freight from the moment it is caught. Below is the flow of a real hake shipment.

Catch and grading

Fish is line-caught in West Coast waters, headed and gutted on board, and graded by size.

Inspection and documentation

Independent quality inspection (NRCS), the EU Catch Certificate and all required export documents are prepared.

Cold-chain flight

The boxed product is palletised at a steady 2-8°C and flown from Cape Town via Istanbul by air freight.

Arrival and delivery

The product reaches its destination the next day. Airport reception, customs and cold storage are coordinated under one roof.

Sample shipment

Fresh hake

Product Fresh hake PQ

Route Cape Town → Istanbul → Dest.

Carrier Turkish Airlines Cargo

Batch 192 boxes, approx. 2 t net

Temperature 2-8°C cold chain

Transit Ship and arrival: next day

Documents AWB, EU Catch Cert., NRCS

Figures reflect a representative shipment. Quantity, grade and delivery terms are planned per order.

Sustainable Fishing

From sea to table, traceable and certified

EU Catch Certificate

Every shipment is documented with an EU Catch Certificate traceable from the vessel name to the catch date. Full compliance against illegal (IUU) fishing.

Line Fishing

Most of our products are caught one by one on line and hook. The most selective method, with minimal impact on the seabed and bycatch.

Unbroken Cold Chain

A steady 2-8°C from catch to delivery. Fresh fish arrives by fast air freight, never frozen, without losing its freshness.

Where two oceans meet.

Seafood

Hake

Tuna

Yellowtail

Rock Lobster

Calamari

Oysters

From Cape Town to the table, freshness intact

Catch and grading

Inspection and documentation

Cold-chain flight

Arrival and delivery

Sample shipment

From sea to table, traceable and certified

EU Catch Certificate

Line Fishing

Unbroken Cold Chain

Which product, in what quantity?

Where two oceans
meet.