We’re excited to update that our saltwater, farm-raised red snapper have been growing at a phenomenal rate. Survival has virtually been sitting at 100% since the fingerling stage, and they’ve now attained a beautiful red color, proving them to be the perfect species for culture in the Bahamas. This successful
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 →In mid-July, our farm-raised American red snapper harvested at Tropic Seafood Ltd. was taste tested along with an equal number of wild caught lane snapper. The farm-raised American red snapper had been harvested that same day while the lane snapper previously frozen. Both types of snapper were prepared and cooked
Read more →Tropic Seafood is preparing for a potential Nassau grouper spawning event towards the end of June. A proprietary method for timing control of the spawning event, has been in development for years, and this method utilizes no hormonal injections or invasive stimuli. Additionally, 10,000 gallon deep water broodstock tanks are
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
Read more →NASSAU, Bahamas (June 30, 2017) Tropic is now one of the only seafood companies in the world to have the BRC certification. Food Safety is our highest priority, and we voluntarily comply with the strictest food safety standards in the world. BRC Global Standard for Food Safety is developed by
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