+45 56 44 04 00

WE’VE BEEN FISHING THE ARCTIC OCEAN FOR 40 YEARS

Name: Ocean Prawns A/S
Address: Strandgade 10, Nexø, 3730, Denmark
Telephone: +45 56 44 04 00

Ocean Prawns is one of the world’s biggest sustainable suppliers of MSC label prawns and halibut.

Ocean Prawns - One of the world's largest suppliers of MSC-labeled cold-water prawns and halibut.

We are Ocean Prawns

At Ocean Prawns, we have over 40 years of experience fishing the Arctic Ocean from our base on the Danish island of Bornholm. We catch over 20,000 tonnes of coldwater prawns and halibut in the North Atlantic each year, making us one of the world’s biggest suppliers of MSC-certified prawns and halibut.

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We operate a sustainable, global fishery in partnership with Newfound Trading Ltd, Clearwater Seafoods Inc, Habour Grace Shrimp Co Ltd and Pikalujak Fisheries Ltd in Canada, Icelandic Export Center Ltd on Iceland, Compagnie des Pêches Saint-Malo in France, Reyktal AS in Estonia and UAB Marlinas in Lithuania, and support more than 750 employees worldwide. Ocean Prawns provides management, technical and administrative support to the trawler fleet from our headquarters in Denmark.
We are proud to employ 250 people on Bornholm in our combined ventures and to support the wider island community, by investing financially in local businesses as the Ocean Prawns Group.

Coldwater prawns - pandalus borealis

We catch our coldwater prawns (also known as northern shrimp) in the crystal-clear Arctic waters of the Barents Sea and off the coasts of Canada and Greenland. In these icy seas, the temperature rarely rises above 10 degrees and it’s this cold that gives the meat on the slow-growing coldwater prawn its fresh firmness and delicious sweet taste.

FROM FRESH CATCH TO FINISHED PRODUCT IN 20 MINUTES

Our entire process, from catch to packaged product, takes place out at sea. We catch, sort, cook and pack the coldwater prawns in just 20 minutes, then store them in on-board freezers at -28 degrees. The short production time ensures that we preserve the freshness and exceptional quality of the prawns.

OUR SEA-TO-CUSTOMER SUPPLY CHAIN

When our holds are full, we set a course for cold stores in Newfoundland and Labrador (Harbour Grace CS Inc and St Anthony Cold Storage (Eimskip) Inc), Iceland or Greenland. We deliver our catch directly for inspection by an independent agency. Once our catch has received the all clear, Combi Shipping takes over and distributes our sea-frozen coldwater prawns to all corners of the globe.

We sell our prawns and halibut to China, Japan, Korea, the EU and Scandinavia. All sales are handled by our sales department, Ocean Seafood.