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Jan 05, 2017 (newstodate): Norway's export in 2016 of king crabs did reach new heights in 2016.
Earlier estimates foresaw a full-year volume of king crab export around 8-900 tonnes, but the actual figure is rather around 1,200 tonnes which is a new record.
The single largest exporter is Cape Fish that shipped some 450 tonnes of of king crabs, thus accounting for some 40 percent of the total production.
-To minimize the risk along the chain of transportation from Norway to customers in the Asian markets, we have set up a company in South Korea, Cape Fish International in cooperation with a local partner, says Bjorn Ronald Olsen, Cape Fish CEO.
-South Korea serves as a gateway for king crabs exports to Asia, and at our premises in Seoul the live crabs are stored for a few days in our own water tanks, re-packed and then forwarded from Seoul to customers in Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, China and other Asian markets.
-This greatly reduces the mortality rate of the crabs and secures prolonged shelf life of the product, says Mr Olsen.
Earlier estimates foresaw a full-year volume of king crab export around 8-900 tonnes, but the actual figure is rather around 1,200 tonnes which is a new record.
The single largest exporter is Cape Fish that shipped some 450 tonnes of of king crabs, thus accounting for some 40 percent of the total production.
-To minimize the risk along the chain of transportation from Norway to customers in the Asian markets, we have set up a company in South Korea, Cape Fish International in cooperation with a local partner, says Bjorn Ronald Olsen, Cape Fish CEO.
-South Korea serves as a gateway for king crabs exports to Asia, and at our premises in Seoul the live crabs are stored for a few days in our own water tanks, re-packed and then forwarded from Seoul to customers in Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, China and other Asian markets.
-This greatly reduces the mortality rate of the crabs and secures prolonged shelf life of the product, says Mr Olsen.