Finished Nutaaq Cod fillets before they are frozen, packaged and shipped to customers. Royal Greenland’s cod products selling like hot cakes “Cod products from Royal Greenland are sell ing like hot cakes in Europe, the US and Asia, and we expect to sell out completely before the start of the new season,” says Niels Wann Jensen, category manager at Royal Greenland. He says that this year, Royal Greenland has managed to process larger volumes of cod products, and that this has been possible be cause smaller quantities of raw materials have been landed. “Total first sales of cod are down on last year. On the other hand, more cod products have been processed at Royal Greenland’s factories. This year, we have concentrated in particular on increasing fillet production, which is in line with our goal of processing more fish in Greenland,” says Niels Wann Jensen. Focus on fillets The production of cod products like fillets takes place at the large factories in Paamiut, Maniitsoq, Sisimiut, Kangaatsiaq and now also Qasigiannguit. “We have 26 landing places for heads-off cod, as well as eight facilities for salted cod. We have sold out completely of both product groups,” says Niels Wann Jensen. A fisherman from Sisimiut landing his catch. The picture was taken in June 2017. As less cod has been landed this year at Royal Greenland’s factories compared to last, the focushas been on fillet production. “Significantly more fillets have been produced in Kaangatsiaq this year. And this is despite the labour shortages and the logistics problems with Royal Arctic Line. Cod has also been produced in Paamiut, even though it has not been easy to find cod in the area. Sermilik, which is Royal Greenland’s own vessel, has fished for cod offshore and delivered it to Paamiut, which has safeguarded production,” says Niels Wann Jensen. This year, Royal Greenland’s factory in Qasigiannguit also started to produce cod products, whereas previously Greenland halibut was its main focus area. “This is very positive given the challenges which are being seen for Greenland halibut in Disko Bay. In future, we will increase the production of cod in Qasigiannguit, which will help to safeguard employment at the factory,” says Niels Wann Jensen. This year, Royal Greenland’s factory in Sisimiut has processed 30 per cent fewer cod fillets. This is because fewer fish have been landed, and also because of labour shortages, which meant that there was only one production shift for most of the season. In Maniitsoq, landings of live cod have increased, as has the production of Nutaaq Cod fillets, which this year is up 20 per cent relative to 2016. Aim to increase processing The category manager says that Royal Green- 4 NAVIGATIO NO. 2 2017
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