Fishery In the Austral Chilean Seas

Inshore fisheries

Blue Ocean operates with local landing factories, where the distance from fishing grounds to factory is short. The fishermen can deliver their fresh catches directly to the factory, where Blue Ocean takes responsibility for the raw material.

The fishing methods used inshore include line and hook, gill-net, trap catch and pound nets, which all have a low impact on the surrounding environment, and low fuel consumption.

Seagoing fisheries

Fishing in the open sea is undertaken by seagoing factory trawlers. On these vessels, the fresh fish or shellfish is hauled on board, sorted, processed and frozen within a few hours, providing seafood of extremely fresh quality.

Blue Ocean uses bottom trawling, where two rollers hold the trawl down, so that there is minimum damage to the seabed.