This past February, we welcomed prime minister of the Bahamas, The Honorable Brave Davis, as we opened the doors to our facility with a grand tour of Tropic Seafood. The Prime Minister learned first-hand about our fish cultures and the shipping of live spiny lobsters. His current concerns around sustainability
Read more →It’s harvest time in the Bahamas, and the daily flood of dayboats on the water are proof. Each fisherman is on the hunt for the fullest condo and the perfect lobsters. See the action here: https://bit.ly/3lAqol9
Read more →New American Red Snapper fingerlings weighing in at only 1-gram each, have arrived at our Tropic Seafood facility in Nassau, Bahamas. It will take approximately one year for each of these fingerlings to reach two pounds, as they mature indoors in above-ground seawater tanks. Tropic Seafood expects excellent survival rates,
Read more →The American Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) is a species native to the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, but can also be found in the warm waters of the Bahamas. This commonly sought out game fish lives at depths of 30-200 ft, and although they’re commercially fished and
Read more →(April 3, 2019) Attendance at the Seafood Expo North America 2019 was fabulous, as was the excitement around our newest species. Our representatives were introduced to many that shared interest in our Giant Marine Isopods and Golden Crabs. Our seafood and aquaculture specialists are continuing to explore the possibilities of
Read more →On Sept. 18th thru Sept. 21st, The 5th Meeting of the ACP Ministers in charge of Fisheries & Aquaculture was held at the Melia Resort Conference Centre – Cable Beach, Nassau, Bahamas. While on the island, approximately 100 Ministers took an opportunity to visit Tropic Seafood, Ltd. and tour the
Read more →NASSAU, Bahamas (July 12, 2017) – The most fascinating thing happened at the full moon in July 2017. First, the grouper changed into their spawning colors (they transform from vertical strips to having a dark brown top half and a pure white bottom half prior to and during spawning events).
Read more →NASSAU, Bahamas (July 12, 2017) – With permission from the Department of Natural Resources of the Bahamas, 46 wild Nassau grouper were collected during the open commercial fishing season three years ago. The average weight of each fish was 3-10 lbs. at that time. The fish have been kept in
Read more →NASSAU, Bahamas (July 8, 2017) Tropic Seafood is now culturing Japanese/Korean Olive Flounder (also known as “Hirami” in the sushi and sashimi restaurants) with very positive results. To date, three groups of juvenile or fingerling Olive Flounder have been received by Tropic Seafood, and are on their way to being
Read more →NASSAU, Bahamas (July 3, 2017) At Tropic Seafood we work hard to achieve the purest water possible to process our seafood products–and we do this without any chemicals? With our advanced reverse osmosis system, a generator uses the latest in ozone technology called “Plasma Cloud Technology” as the means to
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