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Visscher Seafood is a modern supplier of North-Atlantic fish products and is specialised in salmon production. With our modern factory, we meet the highest requirements and are capable of providing clients worldwide with premium-quality fish.
VISSCHER SEAFOOD: QUALITY COMES FIRST Visscher Seafood guarantees quality. We achieve this by keeping to three core values: Healthy & Sustainable We always choose only fresh and healthy products that are caught or cultivated in the most sustainable ways. Clean & Lean Throughout the entire chain we strive to optimise speed and returns and to prevent unnecessary delays. This ensures we supply a better and cleaner product. Passion & Respect We bring passion to both our products and our trade. In doing so, we are respectful to nature, our people, our clients, and our partners. We strive to do a little better each and every day. This has led us to many small and several larger improvements and has made us the company that we are today. We hope to maintain these continuous improvements, so that we remain one of the leaders of this dynamic sector and can achieve our goal: to make our fantastic North-Atlantic fish available to the entire world. 2
North Atlantic seafood for the world
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Our salmon, with its firm structure and wonderful flavour, is a premium-quality, healthy product.
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THE BEST SUSTAINABLY CULTIVATED SALMON Salmon is the main product of Visscher Seafood. Visscher Seafood’s qualitatively superb salmon is primarily cultivated in the icy-cold Nordic fjords, but also in Scotland, Iceland, Ireland, and on the Faroe Islands. Next to conventional salmon, we also supply ASC-, MSC-, Bio- (SKAL- and NATURLAND-), Global Gap-, and Label Rouge-certified salmon. Salmon is a premium, healthy, and safe product. The fish grows at its own pace in the cold and pure Norwegian Atlantic waters, which gives it its pure and fresh
flavour. Salmon is rich in important nutrients such as omega-3, vitamin D, vitamin B12, vitamin A, iodine, and antioxidants and, on top of this, distinguishes itself by its firm structure, beautiful colour, and wonderful flavour. We always choose fresh and healthy products that are caught or cultivated in the most sustainable way. Moreover, we also invest exclusively in quality in processing our fish. Thanks to this work method, Visscher Seafood is BRC-A- and IFS Higher Levelcertified. 5
Visscher Seafood’s salmon trout is a robust fish that is available year-round.
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BEAUTIFUL SALMON TROUT FROM THE NORDIC FJORDS Visscher Seafood’s salmon trout is cultivated via careful selection in the salt waters of the Nordic fjords. That is why this saltwater rainbow trout is sometimes called the fjord trout. Thanks to the responsible cultivation process, our fjord trout is available year-round.
in vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids. The salmon trout’s flavour is less pronounced than that of conventional salmon.
Salmon trout has a firm structure and is exceptionally suited for preparation with minimal heat. That is why the product is often used in dishes with raw sashimi and sushi. The salmon trout rapidly grows into a large salmonid with beautifully pink Aside from this, the trout fillets can be baked, grilled, smoked, steamed, fish meat, which is firmer than the or stir-fried. We supply salmon trout meat of most other types of fish. Just like salmon, salmon trout is rich in a number of variations: fresh, in nutrients. The trout is typically high frozen, portioned, filleted, or whole. You can do anything with our salmon in protein, contains many healthy trout! unsaturated fatty acids, and is rich 7
FIRST-CLASS ALASKAN SOCKEYE SALMON Aside from cultivated salmon, we also supply wild Alaskan sockeye salmon. The sockeye salmon is possibly the most beautiful of its species of wild salmon. This salmon is an absolute culinary must. The fillet colour is a deep red and has a fantastic flavour. The sockeye has a lower fat content than cultivated salmon. Wild sockeye salmon spawns in freshwater rivers, and then migrates to sea to grow into adulthood. The red meat of this salmon has a fine structure. Because the sockeye primarily feeds on shellfish, the flavour of the meat is shrimp-like and spicy. Every year, we buy our
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sockeye from fisheries that catch the salmon as far from the coast as possible. This is where the salmon with the highest fat content can be found, which ensures an optimal taste experience. Our sockeye salmon has been awarded with the MSC quality label for sustainable fishery. This means that the salmon is only caught in the period from June to September, when the well-fed salmon can be found near the coasts of Alaska. By taking into account its reproductive cycle, the numbers of wild salmon, and the vulnerable fishing areas, the numbers of salmon can be maintained.
Sustainable, firm, and flavourful – that is Visscher Seafood’s wild salmon. 9
ATLANTIC SALMON
TRIM GUIDE
Trim B: Trim A: Removed: Backbone, Bellybone. Removed: Backbone, Bellybone, Bellyfin.
Trim C: Removed: Backbone, Bellybone, Bellyfin, Almost all back fat, Pin bones.
Trim D: Removed: Backbone, Bellybone, Bellyfin, Pin bone, Tail piece, All Back fat, All Belly fat.
Trim E: Removed: Backbone, Bellybone, Bellyfin, Pin bone, Tail piece, All Back fat, All Belly fat, Skin.
Trim Deepskinned: Removed: Backbone, Bellybone, Bellyfin, Pin bone, Tail piece, All Back fat, All Belly fat, Deep skin.
Above mentioned trimmings
Visscher Seafood’s salmon is completely machine-filleted. Thanks to our new trimming robot, our production capacity has almost tripled. Each and every component of our machine pool is the best available on the market today. In our production process, these components interlock perfectly, which enables a hygienic and efficient processing of the salmon.
Salmon production is the cornerstone of our total revenue. We offer countless variations. For instance, we do not just offer whole and filleted salmon, but we can also provide portions, steaks, and loins. The wide variety of cutting options means we can optimally meet our clients’ needs!
are programmed in our machine settings. However we can adjust the trimmings to your wishes or design a completely new one in order to fulfil your needs. 10
PRODUCT SALMON
Whole salmon, gutted
Salmon fillets
Salmon portions
Salmon loins
Salmon cubes
Salmon steaks
Salmon sashimi
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NORTH-ATLANTIC FISH PRODUCTS, PROVIDED TO YOU FRESH
We select only the finest fish, caught and processed under the most favourable circumstances.
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Aside from our salmon products, we also have a wide range of products in fresh North Sea fish and whitefish. These beautiful products were at the basis of Visscher Seafood and are still a staple of our product range. We put the quality of our fish products first. That is why we only purchase fish freshly caught by Norwegian day fisheries and North Sea cutters.
beheaded, filleted, portioned, or loined: it’s up to the customer. The cod is sourced off our own coast, but is also caught near Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Scotland, Denmark, and Norway.
Cod is one of Visscher Seafood’s specialties, and available in all shapes and sizes. Whole,
Aside from cod, we have numerous other delicious whitefish in our product range, such as halibut,
Cod is available year-round, but the best quality is caught in winter and spring. That is when the superior skrei (or winter cod) is caught.
pollack, and haddock. Depending on the season, these species of fish are caught in various fishing areas. We always choose the finest quality for each individual moment. Our offer of fresh North Sea fish is bought online from various European fish markets, including the local Urk fish auction. We can, of course, process these products to any desired final product. From sole and turbot to wolffish and whiting, Visscher Seafood is the supplier for you!
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FROZEN PRODUCTS Next to our extensive range of fresh products, we also deliver frozen products in consumer packaging. Here too we always choose the most sustainable products produced according to the strictest quality requirements. By doing business with Visscher Seafood, you do direct business with the producer of your products. Transparency and reducing food miles are becoming increasingly important in the food branch. When
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you do business with us, the only link between the fisheries or fish farmer and you is us. Because we process everything ourselves, we can be highly flexible regarding product specification and offer the opportunity to release our product into the market under your own private label. Because we take care of purchasing and production, you can completely focus on marketing these beautiful products.
Processing to frozen products to the strictest quality requirements
FISH CALENDAR
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Brill Scophthalmus rhombus Monkfish Lophius Halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus Cod Gadus morhua Skrei Cod Gadus morhua Saithe Pollachius virens Mackerel Scomber scombrus Mullet Mullus surmuletus Gurnard Chelidonichthys lucerna Redfish Sebastes norvegicus Ray Raja spp. Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus Plaice Pleuronectes platessa Pike-perch Sander lucioperca Turbot Psetta maxima Dover Sole Solea Solea Whiting Merlangius merlangus Catfish Anarhichas lupus Salmon Salmo Salar Steelhead Oncorhynchus Mykiss Best availability, high quality Available
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Visscher Seafood Industrierondweg 4 8321 EA Urk The Netherlands
Tel.: +31 (0)527 68 14 21 E-mail: info@visscherseafood.nl Web: www.visscherseafood.nl