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CRAB MEAT

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VANNAMEI

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SQUID

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OCTOPUS

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Frozen Products

Taprobane Seafood Group is located in the North-Western Province of Sri Lanka, a prime location that allows it easy access to the main fishing harbors’ of Trincomalee, Galle, Negombo and Mannar as well as putting it within a half hours distance to the international airport. The company utilizes the yield obtained from both multi-day vessels and regular day boats, which is then immediately iced and transported in reefer trucks. Upon arrival at the factory, the product is checked for its quality before being processed under stringent quality controls that confidently meet both EU and HACCP standards.

Using both plate and blast freezers TSG products are frozen to minus 40 degrees Celsius, in order to ensure a core temperature of minus 25 degrees or below. It is then packed in to master cartons and stored within minus 20 degrees cold storage until it is shipped out in reefer containers.

Blue Swimming Crab

Sri Lanka is the only country in Asia to be certified by the prestigious Monterey Bay Aquarium as recommended for ethical sourcing of the Blue Swimming Crab. Taprobane was the driving force behind Sri Lanka’s first-ever eco-recommended fisher y and Asia’s first-ever blue swimming crab fisher y in January 2019.

Taprobane has worked hand in hand with local government authorities, research agencies and blue swimming crab fishing communities to ensure that Sri Lanka’s hither to untouched blue swimming crab fisher y is her vested sustainably. The fisherman that partner with Taprobane use sustainable fishing methods i.e., using small boats required for shallow sea fishing which do not cause pollution nor destroy coral reefs or affect the marine ecosystem. This is an on-going process for TSG towards sustainable development of Sri Lanka’s seafood sector and to achieve the highest level of recommendation on a global sphere as the Best Choice in Eco Recommended Fisheries.

Vanamei Shrimps

Taprobane is the pioneer of SPF Vannamei in Sri Lanka, a shrimp variety which is disease free yet on par with black tiger shrimp in terms of taste and owns the only hatchery that brings down broodstock from Hawaii for breeding. As of July 2021, the Government of Sri Lanka put forth a law to ensure only disease-free shrimp broodstock could be farmed in Sri Lanka. TSG found itself in a first mover position to benefit from this regulation and today boasts of the largest SPF Vannamei hatcher y in the country. 2021 has seen more and more shrimp farmers convert to Vannamei, away from the earlier successful Black Tiger Prawns. The expansion by the company into Shrimp farming is another way in which it has provided more employment opportunities in Sri Lanka, increasing export opportunities by way of shouldering the development of the national economy.

Pasteurized Products

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Taprobane Seafood Group (TSG) also has the pleasure to present our premium Pasteurized crab meat, sourced exclusively by the TSG from the idyllic island of Sri Lanka: the pearl of the Indian Ocean. Pearl Island premium Pasteurized crab meat is on track to become Asia’s first sustainably sourced blue swimming crab product.

In 2009, Sri Lanka and the blue swimming crab fishery in the north of Sri Lanka emerged from almost 30 years of civil conflict. The TSG has worked hand in hand with local government authorities, research agencies and blue swimming crab fishing communities to ensure that Sri Lanka’s hitherto untouched blue swimming crab fishery is harvested sustainably. Sustainable fisheries strive to manage the resource, protect the environment and improve, as well as create new livelihoods. TSG’s commitment to sustainable fishing is supported by the National Fisheries Institute Crab Council.

TSG is the only company to have opened crab processing centres in the formerly conflict affected areas of northern Sri Lanka. The TSG has created more than 500 new jobs, in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation of the United Nations. New employment opportunities, mostly for women, generate daily income and help to rebuild shattered lives.

When you purchase TSG’s Pearl Island premium Pasteurised crab meat, you are driving the demand for sustainably sourced seafood. You are saying to us “pay your workers fairly and give a fair price to the fishermen”. You are saying to the fishermen “harvest your resources responsibly, now and for future generations”. The TSG is listening. Thank you for buying Pearl Island

For us Sustainability is about being involved in projects that ensure the sustainable management and utilization of the fishery resources, so as to create long term jobs and improve the livelihoods of the Sri Lanka and Maldivian people.

All our processing plants are rigorously audited by third party inspectors to ensure we can guarantee our buyers and consumers only the highest quality seafood products.

On behalf of our business partners, committed staff and loyal suppliers we thank you for taking the time to watch our short video and get a chance to learn more about our group of companies.