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Blue Finn Company Ltd catches, processes, freezes and exports premium West African seafood. We control every link from our own vessels to your container.
A Gambian seafood company built for international buyers
Blue Finn Company Ltd fishes the rich upwelling waters off The Gambia and turns that catch into export-grade frozen seafood. Our vessels, processing hall, blast freezers and cold store sit under one company, so quality never depends on a middleman.
Buyers in West Africa, Europe, Asia and the Middle East work with us for consistent grading, honest specifications and containers that arrive at temperature. Every carton carries a lot code that traces back to the vessel and the day it was caught.
Six steps, one unbroken cold chain
Catch at sea
Our licensed vessels fish the Gambian EEZ in FAO area 34.3.1. Each haul is logged with position, time and species.
Sea surface ~ +26 °C
Chilled or frozen on board
Fish goes straight into slurry ice on coastal boats. Freezer trawlers plate-freeze the catch at sea within hours.
Slurry ice 0 to −2 °C
Landing & inspection
At Banjul Fishing Port the catch is sampled, checked for freshness and given a lot code before transfer to the plant.
Core ≤ +2 °C
Processing
Graders sort by species and size. Teams gut, head, fillet and pack to the buyer's specification in a chilled hall.
Product core ≤ +4 °C
Blast freezing & cold storage
Cartons are blast-frozen at −35 °C, then held at −25 °C in our cold store until the container is loaded.
−35 °C blast · −25 °C store
Reefer export
Loaded into 40′ reefers with a data logger, sealed, and shipped from Banjul with health certificate and certificate of origin.
Reefer set −20 °CThe Blue Finn fleet
4 VESSELSAtlantic class
Our deep-water workhorses. They freeze the catch at sea on plate freezers and stay out for weeks at a time.
8 VESSELSEstuary class
Fast day-boats working the shelf and estuary for shrimp and demersal fish, landing fresh on ice every few days.
3 VESSELSPelagic class
Built to encircle schools of sardinella and bonga, with refrigerated seawater tanks to keep the catch cold.
1 VESSELSupport class
Collects frozen catch from the trawlers at sea and brings it to Banjul, so the fishing vessels can keep working.
Our product range
One plant, five temperature zones
Shipping to 13 Markets
From Banjul Fishing Port, Blue Finn ships unbroken cold-chain 40′ reefer containers to key distribution hubs across three continents.
- SenegalDakar
- GuineaConakry
- Côte d'IvoireAbidjan
- GhanaTema
- NigeriaLagos
- SpainVigo
- PortugalLisbon
- NetherlandsRotterdam
- ItalyNaples
- ChinaQingdao
- VietnamHo Chi Minh City
- South KoreaBusan
- UAEJebel Ali
READY to source from The Gambia?
Tell us the species, sizes and destination. Our export desk replies within one business day.