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The
Balobi group of companies is an integrated Fishing
Group located on the quayside in Port St Francis,
South Africa. We process, package and export Squid,
Hake, and Pilchards. Although all Line Fish is
presently sold locally to South African Customers,
we are in the process of getting accreditation
to export to the European Union and other countries.
The Group is unique in its ownership of a fish
packing and processing facility in close proximity
to fishing waters where the finest quality fish
on offer in the market place is caught.
Fish is delivered either fresh or sea frozen where
after it is processed and packaged according to
our clients needs. Freshly caught long line hake
is sent on a 36 hour journey by truck and airplane
mostly to Spain. Sea and land frozen squid is
sold to all the Mediterranean countries and land
frozen finger laid pilchard bait is sold to the
tuna long line fleet operating in the Indian and
Pacific Oceans.
The right to fish is carefully controlled by the
South African Government’s Marine and Coastal
Management Department. The Group has been successful
in securing long term fishing rights to ensure
constant supply of our top quality products.
The Balobi Group founder, Anton Viljoen, started
commercial fishing on a small scale with his own
ski and deck boats in the early 1980s. Since that
early conception, the Balobi Group has developed
into a well established group of companies. In
September 2000 the company moved into the new
Port Hole Building on the quayside at Port St
Francis.
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