Goolwa Pipico is working to make inroads for its Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)-certified clams in Europe after refining its processing to deliver an improved product.
Goolwa Pipico harvests its product, called Kuti or pipi, on the coast of South Adelaide, Australia. Harvesters fish for the small clams on a 70-kilometer surf beach, where groups of two to four people rake at the sand using a net and their feet to collect the product with the tide.
The catch is then brought back to Goolwa Pipico’s facility to be sorted by size. The company, which is a fisherman’s cooperative, is also 30 percent owned by the native Ngarrindjeri people, who have harvested the clams for at least 19,000 years based on archaeological evidence in the area.
Goolwa Pipico Sales and Marketing Director Sam Jeffries told SeafoodSource during Seafood Expo Global – running from 6 to 8 May in Barcelona, Spain – that the isolated environment, catch method, and species all contribute to the quality of the product.
“We believe we’ve got the best clams in the world,” Jeffries said.
The company is now working to reach more export markets after...
