Products
McBride Fishing specialises in the capture of the Edible crab Cancer pagurus. The crab is then transported live or processed for delivery to European and Worldwide markets.
McBride Fishing is continually seeking to expand the product range looking at new species that can be fished. Read the section on Research and Development to find out more.
Brown Crab - Cancer Pagurus
Live Product
Live crab is transferred from the boats' Vivier tanks to specially built Vivier trucks. These trucks contain water tanks that keep the crab alive, and in excellent condition until it reaches customers in a range of European markets.
Female Brown Crab
The crabs are transferred from the boat to the lorry by the crew where they are placed in aerated tanks. The lorries can hold up to 12 tons of crabs and the average transport time to mainland Europe is 36 hours.
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Loaded Lorry ready for transportation to Europe. |
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Loaded crabs ready for airshipment worldwide |
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Our partner in Netherlands Visgroothondel De Jong organises packing and shipment of our crab from Amsterdam airport to Worldwide markets. To see the process click Here
The commitment to quality at all stages of the catching and handling of crab, ensures that McBride Fishing maintains consistently low levels of mortality.
Male Brown Crab
Processed Product
The crabs are delivered to local processing factories and are prepared as
- cooked pasteurised vacuum packed and chilled
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- cooked and vacuum packed and frozen.
For more information on these please contact us.
