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South Africa Magazine profiles TerraSan. By Marie Toms
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erraSan Limited is a South African investment group which holds investments in the pelagic fishing, mariculture, agriculture, hospitality and property industries. Since its inception the aim has always been to add value to “Southern Africa’s southwest coast marine resources as well as participating in sustainable development projects in the area by investing in productive assets,” its website says. Its fishing business, TerraSan Pelagic Fishery, is a trawling and fish processing business that produces a wide range of fish products for local and export markets. The company has an impressive history, having been founded in 1965. It was previously known as Oranjerivier Visserye (Edms) Bpk. The firm also forms part of the Oranjevis joint venture – a 100,000t operation that produces canned pilchards under the Sea Pride brand name as well as manufacturing fishmeal and fish oil. It is a JV between Pioneer Fishing and TerraSan Pelagic Fishery. “TerraSan Pelagic holds an undivided share of 28,515 percent in the fish processing and freezing www.southafricamag.com
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plant of Oranjevis Joint Venture and is used on a rental basis,” the firm’s website says. “The Joint Venture between TerraSan Pelagic Fishery (Pty) Ltd and Pioneer Fishing (West Coast (Pty) Ltd) trades as co-owners under the name of Oranjevis at St. Helena Bay. The joint venture was formed in order to obtain economies of scale by processing more fish through the plant. In 2002 Eagle Fishing (Pty) Ltd, a BEE company, joined the venture. Nett income and losses are shared in the ratio of raw fish delivered by the participants’ pelagic vessels or vessels contracted by them.” Based in the Western Cape, TerraSan Pelagic Fishery is noted for its excellent pelagic catches. 4
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TerraSan’s vessels assist other quota holders to catch their fish when the need arises for various reasons
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Its infrastructure includes a fishing fleet and processing factories. “We’re a well run business,” general manager Neil Adams told a South Africa Magazine researcher. TerraSan Pelagic Fishery has a fleet of two vessels: the first, MFV Toliko (RSW), catches “pilchards and non quota (red-eye) species,” according to its website. It has the capacity for 130t; the second vessel is MFV Doloreze (CSW) and it is equipped to “catch cooled pilchards. It has the capacity 6
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for 170t industrial fish and 70t directed pilchards.” “We own several vessels,” Adams added. TerraSan Pelagic also has catching agreements with BEE private boat owners affording access to additional fishing vessels, according to its website. “Where possible, other quota holders are accommodated to process their fish in various ways,” its website says. “Quota holders with vessels sell their catch to the Joint Venture at the normal fish price plus a
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Norsenet (Pty) LTD has been involved in the manufacturing, net design and maintenance of high quality fishing nets since 1971 for both local and export markets. Our objective is to supply our clients with the best and most cost-effective nets for the optimisation of catches and to minimize downtime. INNOVATIONS: · Introduction of braided knotted netting in the bag sections · Tearing strips to prevent the spread of tears from running into adjacent sections of netting · The use of chokes which allows for the greater opening of the aft wing sections · T-Piece Nets. The net can be deepened and lengthened in a short time frame for catching of other fish species · Norwegian Style hanging. Nets hung on double tarred polyester ropes securing the hanging percentages originally designed for
PLANNED MAINTENANCE PROGRAMMES: · Keeping the nets in an optimal condition to reduce downtime · To extend the life span of the net · To enable minimal maintenance costs in a poor season · To reduce the overall maintenance expenditure over the life span of the net · To assist with clients’ annual budgets PRODUCTS: · Braided twines · Twisted twines · Anchovy nets · Pilchard nets · Mackerel nets · Fish farming nets · Tuna nets · Shark nets · Trammel nets · Kapenta dip nets and purse seines nets · Game capture nets
Norsenet are especially pleased to partner Terrasan Pelagic and look forward to furthering our already successful partnership. Norsenet is proudly a Level 4 B-BBEE contributor.
Focus… SA exports South Africa’s trade of both primary and processed agricultural products has grown from 10 billion exports in 1996 to 48 billion in 2011. Our wine exports are soaring, despite the recent global economic slowdown, and we are now exporting three times more wine than we did a decade ago. The export of fish and fish products has also rapidly expanded, particularly in China and Cameroon. South Africa’s export markets have undergone significant structural change since 2001, with new destinations in Asia, the Middle East and North America.
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premium. This is happening more frequently with the migration of sardines from the West Coast to Mossel Bay where quota holders with small vessels are better equipped to catch and land in Mossel Bay and truck the fish to the West Coast. These vessels would be contracted to catch a portion of TerraSan’s pilchard allocation. “TerraSan’s vessels assists other quota holders to catch their fish when the need arises for various reasons.” TerraSan Pelagic Fishery is a diverse business, with options. It has a bright future and forms an important part of the TerraSan Group, a business that targets “long term strategic investments”, “partnerships and minority concerns including empowerment” and “other investments like fixed property and loans”. With a philosophy of sound investments and with the highest standards, morals and good business practises, TerraSan has set a solid foundation for further expansion. “This has also been the cornerstone of TerraSan’s business and not only underlines growth for the entire group, but also equity and fairness for everyone involved,” its website says. TerraSan Pelagic Fishery is part owned by Ipikoko (seven percent) and Keenland (which holds 10 percent of the issued share capital). To learn more visit www.terrasan.co.za.
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This has also been the cornerstone of TerraSan’s business and not only underlines growth for the entire group, but also equity and fairness for everyone involved
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