1995
In the beginning…
Everything began in Russia. Yuri Zolotnitsky, our company founder, received a batch of fresh-frozen fish from Arkhangelsk Trawl Fleet Base (ABTF). Demand for the product was huge and the deal was so successful that he decided to develop the business. We soon became one of the preferred purchasing agents of ABTF, importing large quantities of herring from Russia to Lithuania, Moldova, Belarus and Ukraine.
1999
New experience, qualitative growth
In 1999, we acquired our first Atlantic-333 fishing trawler and started independent fishing. By 2005 our fleet consisted of eight vessels: four fishing trawlers, three refrigerators and a crab fishing boat. We harvested excellent catches in the Irminger Sea off the coast of Iceland, in the harsh waters of the Barents and Norwegian seas, and in the seas off the coasts of Mauritania, Morocco, Guinea Bissau and Angola. Our supplies were sent directly to Europe, the USA, West Africa and China. There followed ten years of large-scale growth, giving our company invaluable trading experience.
2010
Big business
2010 was a year of large-scale change for us. Having decided to specialise exclusively in fish trading, we reorganised the company under our new Seafishtrade brand and focused on sourcing the best products in Mauritania, Morocco and Angola. Our cumulative experience and established ties have given us a distinct advantage. Understanding all the various complexities of production, and taking advantage of the direct contacts we’ve established with large producers in Russia and Europe, we’ve built a wide supply network to West and Central Africa. Today, our partner network continues to evolve and expand.
