CROATIA
Production today stands at about 120 tonnes of fish and the company is hoping to achieve 200 tonnes in the course of the next year.
and seabream vary depending on which species is in demand, sometimes it is seabream at others it is seabass. The meagre is a newcomer that the company produced and then supplied to some of its customers as trials. Almost all of them came back and said they wanted to buy more of the fish, says Mr Sparreboom, as it was popular. Until now the Riba Mljet has been supplying the domestic Croatian market, mainly
restaurants and hotels, as well as some supermarket chains. The problem with this is that these places are very dependent on the tourist industry. In the summer months of June, July, and August demand is very high, but once the tourist season is over it slumps. However, right from the outset we were aware that supplying to the domestic market alone was not a sustainable strategy
Riba Mljet has been supplying the domestic Croatian market, mainly restaurants and hotels, as well as some supermarket chains, but now is moving into exports.
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Riba Mljet d.o.o. Company Fact File Svetog Kriza 3 HR 20000 Dubrovnik Croatia Tel: +385 20 313638 Fax: +385 20 313645 www.ribamljet.com riba.mljet@du.t-com.hr Co-owner: Mr Paul Clements Sparreboom
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Product: Organic farmed seabass, seabream, meagre Volumes: 120 tonnes per year rising to 200 tonnes in 2012 Product forms: Whole, gutted, fillets, smoked, frozen, vacuum packaged Markets: Croatia, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria
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