Frozen Whole Grouper
$39.90
Aotearoa shellfish · packed cold
Nacre light oncold water.
Two-kilogram packs of shellfish, crab and whole fish. Clams and mussels are cleaned before freezing, frozen stock is held at −18 °C, and a small live range travels packed cold.
2 kg packsFrozen at −18 °CLive and frozen ranges
Four shelves
Shells of the same water.
Each shelf holds a shell family — scallop for the live range, oyster for the shellfish, abalone for the crab pots, clam for the whole fish.
The shelf
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Everything in two kilos.
A watercolour frame of pearly shells and coral washes around a pale centre.
Three shells
Carried in from the tide.
Three picks packed at two kilograms. Cleaned, sorted and closed in food-grade film before the cold room.
On the plate
Frozen Whole Grouper
Set on a plate of nacre and photographed whole, so the size and the cut are clear before it reaches the pan.
$39.90
per 2 kg pack
- 2 kg net weight per pack
- Frozen at −18 °C or below
- Whole fish with very few fine bones
The route
A spiral from the boat to your door.
Temperatures logged at each stop.
- −1 °C On board Chilled in the hold
- 4 °C Grading room Cleaned and sorted
- −18 °C Cold room Frozen stock held
- −18 °C Your door Packed with cold packs
−18 °C
cold room
Held cold
The dial does not move.
Frozen stock sits at −18 °C from the cold room to your kitchen. The coral ticks are the only marks on the face.
−18 °C
Holding temperature for frozen stock, logged at each stop.
0–4 °C
Grading room, where the catch is cleaned and sorted.
2 kg
Net weight per pack, packed with cold packs for transit.
Three steps
From the shell to the bag.
Scallop for the water, oyster for the opening, clam for the close.
Taken
Landing the same day it is caught and kept in chilled holds until it reaches the plant.
Cleaned
Shells rinsed, shells sorted, the count checked and the weight closed at two kilograms.
Closed
Sealed in food-grade film, frozen at −18 °C, or packed cold when the order is live.
On the counter
Laid out on the nacre counter.
A row of watercolour shells and pearls across a band of iridescent wash.
The whole shelf
Open the shelf
Every pack in one place.
Frozen Whole Grouper
$39.90
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$58.90
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$29.90
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$33.90
Frozen Half-Shell Green Mussels
$34.90
Live Snow Crab
$79.90
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$48.90
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$38.90
Pack notes
All packs
What comes in the box.
Frozen Whole Grouper
Whole grouper, frozen soon after it comes out of the water so the flesh keeps its firm, flaky structure and mild sweetness. T...
Frozen Raw Giant Swimming Crab
Whole swimming crabs, caught and flash-frozen with the shell, legs and claws complete. The bodies are full and heavy in the h...
Frozen Horse Mackerel (Aji)
Silver-skinned horse mackerel with firm, oily flesh and a clean, savoury ocean taste. The fish are frozen while the skin is s...
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