Kiwi salmon wins top award in Australia

New Zealand's King salmon won a top Australian seafood award the company was judged as the best supplier-Aquaculture at the Sydney Fish Market’s Seafood Excellence Awards 2011. The company’s Australian general manager Markus Gerlich compiled the entry focusing on a staff motto of “we care”. “It’s very much within our psyche to focus on caring for customers, our wholesalers, about our fish and about the environment,” Gerlich says.

NZ King Salmon CEO Grant Rosewarne says the Sydney win continues a stellar year for the Marlborough-based salmon farmer. “All six of our products submitted for the annual International Taste & Quality Institute (iTQi) Superior Taste Awards gained either the top three-star or two-star rating in Brussels earlier in the year. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers