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The fishing trawler San Arawa II
Hoki from the Pristine Waters of the Argentine Sea
(ARGENTINA, 5/13/2010)
San Arawa is an Argentine fishing company specializing in catching and on-board production of frozen hoki fish block, hoki surimi, and Southern blue whiting surimi.
San Arawa fishing operations are performed in the Western South Atlantic Ocean, where the waters are characteristically pure, given the lack of pollution. Its main objective is to provide its renowned international customers with a constant supply of frozen-on-board products, which are well known in the market for its top quality.
San Arawa owns two factory vessels and operates from the port of Ushuaia, in the South of Argentina. The company’s staff comprises more than 230 people, including captains, machinists, officers, seamen and fishing and production advisors, all qualified professionals which guarantee good manufacturing practices and vouch for the excellent quality of the company’s products.
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| San Arawa owns two factory vessels and operates from the port of Ushuaia |
San Arawa catches and processes on board several species from the Argentine Sea, using the most advanced fishing technologies available and applying extreme care in manufacturing in order to guarantee a supply of top-quality of top-quality products, including,
- Hoki (Macruronus magellanicus): boneless, deep skinned frozen fillet block; boneless, deepskinned, minced frozen fillet block; and surimi.
- Southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis): HGT and surimi.
- Australis hake (Merluccius australis), ling (Genypterus blacodes), Patagonian cod (Salilota australis), grenadier (Coelorhynchus fasciatus), Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides): HGT.
- Silver warehou (Seriolella porosa): HG
Last year, San Arawa and other companies in the area began to encourage an international audit in order to analyze the sustainability of the hoki and blue whiting fisheries. This activity was developed following the principles and criteria of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) with the intention of obtaining a certification from this agency for well‐managed, sustainable fisheries.
Recently, the International Agricultural and Livestock Organization, accredited by the MSC for analyzing and assessing the sustainability of the fisheries, approved the “pre-assessment” of the hoki and Southern blue whiting fisheries in Argentina, and suggested moving forward towards a "full assessment" of both fisheries, a task which is in its initial stages, expecting to obtain approval in 2011.
About San Arawa S.A.
Up until 1992, Chile used hoki for fishmeal. Argentine fishers tried to avoid catching this species, since the filleting factories on shore did not want it, as there was no market for such soft meat. New Zealand made mostly headed and gutted fish on board, and sold it that way.
During 1992, three very modern filleter trawlers built in Norway were leased by New Zealand fishing companies, with the purpose of developing a catching and processing system which would enable them to produce on board hoki fillets and hoki fillet fish block.
Sanford Limited of New Zealand, one of the holders of the largest hoki quota in New Zealand, bought in 1992 the vessel San Arawa, built in Norway in 1986, and designed a brand new factory on board in order to try to produce high quality hoki fillets and hoki fillet block. At the same time, the two other biggest fishing companies of New Zealand also started developing a similar production system, allowing hoki fillets and fish block to start gaining a new position in the market, and start competing with Alaskan pollock fish block frozen at sea.
In 1994, Mr Gonzalez Lemmi, San Arawa’s founder, proposed Sanford Ltd. a joint venture in Argentina to operate with the filleter trawler San Arawa using all the know-how that had been developed in New Zealand. Sanford accepted the challenge to come to Argentina, and in May 2002, the vessel San Arawa changed her flag and her name to San Arawa II and started working in Argentina, using the enormous experience obtained in New Zealand.
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Margaret E.L. Stacey
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Santiago del Estero 1718, piso 1, oficina 7
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Mar del Plata
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Buenos Aires (B7600DXL)
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Argentina
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+54 223 492 2215
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+54 223 492 2216
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[email protected]
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