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.