Companies look forward to 2024

Many of the Eurofish member countries were represented at Seafood Expo Global and Seafood Processing Global. Some of the companies are presented in the following pages. They illustrate the diversity and dynamism of the seafood sector with products and services to meet a variety of needs. The company representatives were very happy with the shows thanks to the contracts they had signed, and the contacts they had made. And they were unanimous in wanting to return to Barcelona next year.

Orahovica, Croatia

Carp products available 365 days a year

Orahovica, a carp producer based in the Slavonia region in Croatia, had a stand at the Croatian pavilion at the Seafood Expo Global in Barcelona this year. e company produces three types of carp: grass, silver, and bighead. ese species only feed on grass and plankton. Mr Gadzo reported that due to in ation in recent years, carp prices increased, preventing many consumers from buying it. He said it was a pity people could not eat carp at Christmas as they had historically done for generations. is year, however, with lower in ation and stable prices, Orahovica hopes that consumers will return to their traditions and eat carp for Christmas.

To make sh accessible throughout the year, even when production is low, the company has introduced a line of value-added products. ese are typically breaded sh items which are packaged and frozen after they have been processed. ey include breaded sh chips, sh burgers, sh nuggets, and breaded carp steaks. e breaded sh chips could be sampled at the Orahovica stand and proved to be very popular. Mr Gadzo reported that their value-added products have saved their business, because whenever their farms or the markets face any sort of trouble, they are able to produce to adjust to changes. Processing our sh and storing it for later has been the key to consistent distribution of our

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products even through recent di cult times, said Mr Gadzo. ese products are distributed in Croatia but are also exported to EU countries where carp is popular: Bulgaria, Czechia, and Lithuania. In the coming year, Orahovica intends to produce 3,000 tonnes of sh. Most of this will be processed into value-added sh products, but some will be supplied as whole,