Hake fillet skin-on

Hake fish comes from the same family as Cod andHaddock but it is tastier as compared to other whitefish. It is a small fish of averaging 1 to 8 lb in weight, but which has been known to grow up to 60 lbs. There are different species of Hake found over the world but Seawork offers the best Hake fish found in South Africa which is known as Merluccius Capensis.

Calories present in Hake fish: 75; carbohydrates: 0.5 g; fat: 0.9 g; protein: 18 g. it is also rich in calcium, phosphorus and potassium.

Seawork offers a wide variety of Hake products. There are around 15 types of Hake products that are processed at our plant including Hake skin on. All our Hake fish products are filleted by hand which guarantee our clients that top quality hake products are being offered to them.

Seawork offers Hake skin on fillets in different grading. It is available as follows:

2 - 4 Oz, 4 - 6 Oz, 6 - 8 Oz, 8 - 10 Oz, 10 - 12 Oz, 12+ Oz / 70-90 g, 90-110 g,110-130 g, 130-150 g, 150-170 g,170-220 g.

The headed and gutted Hake is de-iced, de-scaled, graded and hand filleted. The fillets are trimmed for blood, bones, fins, black membrane, parasites, roe, guts, loose fish scales, absecces and sorted, packed and quick frozen in accordance with good commercial practice to attain a product temperature of -18ºC or below.

The Hake fillet is plate frozen to attain a product temperature of -18 C or below after thermal stabilization. No glazing is done when processing the Hake fillet. The fillets must be packed skin-down and lengthwise using blue LDPE for interleaving. The product must be packed in such a way that each layer of fillets is interleaved; the fillets are not touching and can be separated easily in a frozen state.

The storage and transport temperature is kept at a minimum of -18ºC and the product can be best used before 24 months from the date of production. The weight of the carton is 5kg net and sealing is 2*5kg cartons single strap clockwise.

We give our clients a wide range of facilities like, they can order as per the grading they need the Hake products to be processed. Also, we can do our own packaging with our labeling on the cartons such as Name of product, Latin name, EU approval number, Net weight, Best before and expiry date, Batch number, Address of manufacturer, EAN 128 bar code.FAO Area, Storage conditions and Product of Namibia.

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Marine Stewardship Council

Being in the fish industry for about 15 years, Seawork Fish processor ltd is one among the leading Namibian fishing companies and we applied the MSC policies to be able to use this icon for its customer peace of mind.

Nowadays seafood consumers are becoming more and more aware of the sustainable resources and based on this, the Namibian fishing companies has decided to be MSC awarded. Sustainability of seafood is a very big issue to Seawork. We have already qualified for the MSC certification but before being qualified for this, we had to respect every policies, requirements and assessments in order to have this blue MSC label in our all Hake fish products being exported worldwide. First of all, seafood environmental standard is our priority. Even the MSC certifies that environmental standard should be respected. This has been contributed by the law imposed by the Namibian government.

Because of all these precautions the biomass of the Hake population has increased by 34% which is a growth from 701,000 to 936,000tons in one year. The Government has even increased the Total Annual Catch (TAC) from 130,000tonnes in 2007 to 145,000tonnes in 2010. This shows that the Namibian authority has well monitored the Hake population and has carefully taken required precautions in order not to affect the marine environment. Also the Worldwide Fund has stated that there has not been overfishing in the zone 47.

Strict rules and regulations have been imposed by the Government in order to manage the fish stock and also prevent over-exploitation. Trawling for Hake is not permitted in less than 200 m depth, in order not to affect other species natural habitat and to minimize by-catch. Also, it helps from young fish species being caught.

The closed season lasts for at least one or two months, September and October, depending on research results of stock Levels in order to ensure natural regeneration and to allow regrowth of populations.

The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources continues to conduct annual scientific research aimed at quantification of the resources and the state of the environment.

Resource Management exists in FAO region 47 to provide advice and take action needed to manage the sustainable utilization and conservation of living aquatic resources.

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Processing of Hake fillet skin-on

Seawork offers a wide range of hake products to its clients. One of them is married Hake fillet skin-on.Basically, it is processed according to customer's requirements.


Seawork offer different types of gradings such as:

85-120g; 90-110g; / 4-6 Oz.

The headed and gutted Hake is de-iced, de-scaled, graded and hand filleted. The skinless fillets are trimmed for blood, Pin Bone Out(V-Cut), fins, black membrane, parasites, roe, guts, loose fish scales, absecces and sorted. Two pieces are married with loin and belly together, packed and quick frozen in accordance with good commercial practice to attain a product temperature of -18ºC or below. After Freezing, the fillets are separated, glazed and bagged.

No glazing is done when processing the Hake fillet skin-on. The fillets must be packed skin-down and lengthwise using blue LDPE for interleaving. The product must be packed in such a way that each layer of fillets is interleaved; the fillets skin on are not touching and can be separated easily in a frozen state.

The storage and transport temperature is kept at a minimum of -18ºC and the product can be best used before 24 months from the date of production. The weight of the carton is 5kg net and sealing is 2*5kg cartons single strap clockwise.

For the packaging and labeling, if you want to put your own labeling, we are at your disposition or we can do our own packaging which include the name of product, Latin name, EU approval number, Best before and expiry date, address of manufacturer, EAN 128 bar code, FAO area, storage condition and product of Namibia.

For more information about Hake fillet skin-on or any other Hake products, please feel free to view our website on:
http://www.seawork.com.na/hake-fillets-married.html

Seawork’s objective is to offer the freshest hake fish products

Our management’s objective is to offer our customers the freshest Hake fish fillets with the best appearance available. To ensure highest quality, every single Hake fish processed at our plants is being hand filleted.

Seawork employs 900 Namibian employees to work in our plant. This shows that Seawork contributes to the world of employment and reduces unemployment in Namibia. Seawork also contributes some of its fund in some schools in Namibia which provide facilities to students in order to go ahead with their studies.

Employing all these workers ensure that the Hake fish products being filleted by hand are of best qualities. Customization at the highest quality levels: be it a specifically moulded shape, certain trimming or weight specifications you require we are the right partner!

Our range of Hake fish products such as Hake fillets, Hake H&G or frozen Hake fillets are available on all continents of the globe. This is done in collaboration with our European partners “All-Fish Handelsgesellschaft GmbH, situated in Kronshagen/Kiel, Germany and Inlet Seafish in Spain.

This company, based in Germany is a strategic partner. Established marketing agreements make them responsible for the distribution of Seawork’s finished products in Germany, Holland, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland, as well as in Scandinavia and eastern-Europe. Our second network partner is based in Spain and is responsible for distribution in Spain, Portugal, Italy and France.

As a group we can draw from many years of experience covering all aspects of the process: from fishing through production, product development, to marketing and final distribution.

By letting you benefit from our experience of customized Hake fish processing, you will achieve results you never thought were possible!

For more information, please feel free to visit our website:

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Hake fillet recipe with preserve lemon

Seawork is pleased to present you the Hake fish recipe with preserved lemon. With all these recipe found in our blog, it clearly shows that Hake fish either frozen hake fillet or hake fillets leads to a healthy and happy lifestyle. Thus,why not choose Hake fish in our daily meal?

Here are the ingredients needed for cooking of Hake with conserved Lemon.

• 150g flour

• black pepper

• 500g Hake fillets

• 4 tbsp of Olive oil

• 200ml White wine

• Turmeric

• juice of Lemons

• A large capers

• 1 Lemon, segmented

• 1 Preserved lemons, cut into lean slices

• a bunch of tarragon, leaves picked, stems discarded

PROCEDURES:

• Flavor the flour generously with salt and freshly ground pepper. Then, cut the Hake fillet into 6 pieces.

• Coat the Hake fillets in the seasoned flour.

• Heat up 3 tablespoons of olive oil in a frying saucepan.

• Fry the Hake fillets for 5 minutes. Take away the Hake from the saucepan and keep warm.

• Then add the white wine, turmeric, lemon juice and capers. Take to the boil and cook rapidly for 2 minutes.

• Flavor with salt and freshly ground pepper. Add preserved lemon slices. Let it cook for around 2 minutes.

• Add the tarragon and left over olive oil.

• Then, you can serve the Hake fillet with Lemon Sauce

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Top quality Hake fish products offered by Seawork

Seawork Fish Processors (SFP) catches and procures approximately 9.500 metric tonnes of whole round Hake per annum. The fish is landed as Headed and Gutted on ice, and subsequently processed on land. All the fish at SFP is filleted by hand securing a superior quality finished product at all times.

The Hake is generally processed either into skin-on fillets, skinless fillets or moulded/folded products. The skin-on fillet can either be processed as PBI or PBO while most Hake fillets are graded into 2/4, 4/6, 6/8 and 8/10 oz weight range, Seawork is willing and able to grade exactly according to the customer’s requirements. The Hake fillet can be packed as inter-leaved or as pouched. Usually the Hake are plated frozen into either a 2 or a 5 kg carton. Customers may also opt on IQF products, in which case Seawork will shatter, glaze and re-pack the product according to customer requirements.

Moulded Loins

A Moulded Loin, is a product whereby two or three skin-less fillet pieces our moulded in a plastic pouch according to the customers weight requirements, and to a limited degree, the customers form requirements. The moulded loin can be sold as pouched. The moulded loin can also be sold as pouched as IQF.

Folded steak

A folded steak is a skinless fillet folded and frozen in a plastic bag. A skinless piece of Hake might be added to the product in order to increase the weight of the portion. This product can also be produced in almost any weight range as pouched or IQF.

For more information, please feel free to visit our website:
http://www.seawork.com.na/hake-fillets-folded.html

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The one and only Namibian Hake supplier

Seawork Fish Processors (Pty) Ltd is a fishing and processing company based in Walvis Bay,Namibia specializing in the catching, value adding and marketing of fresh and frozen Hake fish products.

As Seawork has 10 years experience in fishing and catching Hake fish, the company has remained true to its mission of being a customer orientated value adding specialist.

Two production facilities, five trawlers and one long-line vessel enable us to guarantee our customers a continuous supply of high quality Hake fish products.

As a truly customer orientated processor, every single Hake passing through our production line is selected and filleted by hand securing a superior quality finished product at all times!

Furthermore we take pride in our constantly growing product portfolio, due to innovative product development, as we are able to meet all our customer's individual needs, regarding a top class finished product including specific trimming and shaping, as well as customized packaging.

The mission of Seawork is to be a customer oriented value-adding specialist.Seawork wants to achieve this objective by sourcing only superior quality raw material and converting it into market-ready specialties using the latest packaging technology and highest quality standards.

Our goal is to:

• be a highly profitable and efficient Hake supplier company
• specialize in the procurement, value adding and marketing of seafood products.

We strive to achieve these goals by implementing innovative marketing structures. Furthermore, Seawork is committed to establish long lasting customer relationships built on premier services, quality products and ethical business practices. Together with strict cost controls and high efficiencies, the company aims to attain superior returns for its stakeholders.

Seawork is universally recognized over the world. We have potentials customers in all corners of the world, the European Union and other countries, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.

At SEAWORK a "Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points System" (HACCP), a food safety management system has been implemented since the company started. The system relies on a systematic approach to the identification and assessment of the hazards and risks associated with a food operation and the defining of the means of their control. It is a preventative system for ensuring the highest food safety possible, but is not a stand-alone system. It is built upon other programs such as Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) which are built into our food safety system. Our HACCP system undergoes a bi-annual audit from SABS (South African Bureau of Standardization, Cape Town) to ensure that the company conforms to the necessary criteria. A certificate on compliance, valid for the next six months is issued.

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