Taste and value from Northern Ireland at Boston Seafood

Visitors to the Boston Seafood Exhibition, from 9-14 March, will see a broad range of quality fish and seafood products from Northern Ireland (Stand 2542).

On show on the Northern Ireland stand will be fish, smoked and fresh salmon, crab meat and deli crab claws, oysters, mussels, shelled and half-shell queenie scallops, and fresh and cooked langoustines.

The seafood is all sourced from cold and invigorating waters around Ireland, including the Atlantic, which ensures rich flavours and firm textures. The vast majority of Northern Irish seafood is exported to customers throughout Europe including upmarket hotels and restaurants, and leading retailers.

Seafood from Northern Ireland processors, including organic salmon, is also sold to retail and foodservice customers in centres such as New York and Boston.

Four processing companies - Ewing's Seafoods, Glenarm Organic Salmon, Kilhorne Bay Seafoods and Rooney Fish - will showcase products on the stand, which is organised by Invest Northern Ireland, the region's business promotion agency.

Northern Irish fish companies are longstanding and successful exporters and are committed to developing sales in the US. The companies currently have business in key European markets such as France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands.

Three of the four, in addition, regularly ship seafood to high-end customers, particularly in foodservice, in the United Arab Emirates. Other markets served by the companies include Hong Kong and Japan.

The Northern Irish delegation also includes representatives from the Anglo North Irish Fish Producers Organisation, the main trade body, and Albus Solutions, a leading manufacturer of processing equipment.

Participation in the exhibition is part of an initiative by Invest NI, Northern Ireland's business development agency, to help accelerate exports of seafood. This has already involved trade missions to Boston, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates over the past year.

Invest NI works closely with the processors in the development and global marketing of products. Invest NI brokers business relationships between processors and retailers and foodservice organisations worldwide. The body has an office in Boston which has assisted the participation of companies in the exhibition.

Products being promoted will include: Fresh and smoked organic Atlantic Salmon, Crab meat and deli claws, oysters, mussels, shelled queenie scallops, langoustines and half-shell queenie scallops.

Ewing's Seafoods

Formed in 1911 isBelfast's oldest fishmongers and among the most successful in marketing a broad range of seafoods including smoked organic salmon which the company cures using a unique process in its own kiln. The company recently secured its first business in Great Britain with Selfridges in London for its organic smoked salmon.

The company also smokes other fish and has extensive experience in supplying retailers and foodservice organizations including high-end hotels and restaurants. It supplied fish to workers building the ill-fated Titanic liner and continues to provide salmon, fresh and smoked, to the iconic Titanic Signature Building in Belfast

Contact: Crawford Ewing, Director Tel: +44 (028) 9032 5534 E: crawford@ewingseafoods.co.uk

W: www.ewingseafoods.co.uk

Glenarm Organic Salmon

Established in 1989, Glenarm Organic Salmon is the only Atlantic salmon producer in the Irish Sea and is the sole producer of 'Glenarm Organic Salmon'. Based in the overseas markets to discerning customers seeking premium quality organic salmon from responsible and sustainable aquaculture. On-growing farms are located in Glenarm Bay and Red Bay on the Antrim coast and separated by 11 miles of fast flowing coastal seawater.

Each farm is stocked with a different generation of organically reared smolts all sourced from the island of Ireland. This gives the company the ability to supply customers with fresh premium organic salmon all year round. Based in the historic village of Glenarm, County Antrim, the company produces over 500 tonnes of organic salmon each year and distributes throughout the UK, Europe, the US and Asia.

Contact John Russell, Managing Director T: +44 (0)28 288 4 1691

E-mail: info@glenarmorganicsalmon.com W: www.glenarmorganicsalmon.com

Kilhorne Bay Seafoods

Kilhorne Bay Seafoods is based in Annalong, in the foothills of the mountains of Mourne and within easy reach of Kilkeel, Ardglass and Portavogie, the three main fishing ports on the Count Down coast of Northern Ireland.

The company was founded in 1969 and since then, has earned a reputation for supplying quality seafood products to the catering, wholesale and retail trade in Europe. The company specialises in a range of seafood including queenie scallops.

Contact: William Chambers, Director E: William@kilhorne.com

T: +44 (0)28 4376 8261 W: www.kilhorne.com

Rooney Fish

Rooney Fish is a family run business established in 1975 and now in its second generation, which is focused on the processing of the finest catch from the Irish Sea. The company has long specialised whole prawns but have diversified beyond this to include all shellfish including (King Scallops, Whelks, Periwinkles, Crab, Shrimp and Lobster).

The main plant is located at quayside in Kilkeel ensuring the capturing of the freshest produce. The plant is 6000m sq. It is a modern fully EC approved facility with the most up-to-date technology. The processes currently running are: Blast Freezing, Nitrogen Freezing; cooking facilities; 5000 m sq. of cold storage capacity; fully automated graders; a variety of packaging operations; and an in-house laboratory facility.

Contact: Andrew Rooney, Commercial Director

T:+44 (028) 4176 3071 E:sales@rooneyfish.com

W: www.rooneyfish.com