At Les Viviers Du Cap the quality of the products is guarantee. We are listening to our customers and can adapt our packaging. Do not hesitate to contact us to know the format of our products as well as all our range of fresh fish.
SCALLOPS / HALF SHELL SCALLOPS
Pecten maximus
- Fishing techniques : Dredge
- Transformation : Whole scallops / Half shell scallops
Quality requirements :
- A living shell must close quickly, when snapping as soon as you touch it. In the fresh state, the meat must be off-white in color. In the fresh state, the meat must have an off-white coloring.
Size :
- Big : 13cm+
- Medium : 11 to 13cm
CUTTLEFISH
Sepia officinalis
- Fishing techniques : Trawl, trap
Quality requirements :
- Firmness of the flesh, bright eye, pearly and brilliant white color, resistance of the tentacles, pleasant smell and any blood stains must be red.
SMOOTHHOUNDS
Mustelus mustelus
- Fishing techniques : Trawl, longline
- Transformation : Gutted or peeled
Quality requirements :
- When the smoothhounds is fresh, it is very difficult to peel, the belly has some light pink spots, her eye is open, bulging and shiny.
MACKEREL
Scomber scombrus
- Fishing techniques : Trawl, line
Quality requirements :
- Fresh mackerel has a very firm texture and a very shiny skin with iridescent highlights.
MONKFISH
Lophius piscatorius
- Fishing techniques : Trawl, net fishing
Quality requirements :
- The skin of the monkfish must be shiny and moist. The color of the cheeks must be pinkish white and its flesh white and translucent. Its texture must be firm and elastic.
WHITTING
Merlangius merlangus
- Fishing techniques : Trawl
- Transformation : Whole or hand-made fillets
Quality requirements :
- Fresh and gutted, the whole whiting is rigid and very bright with yellow highlights. The difference of color between the back and the belly is clear, the eye is slightly convex. The inside of her belly is gray, almost black, on a white flesh, shiny and homogeneous. Fresh, hand-made fillets are shiny and pearly in color.
SEABASS
Dicentrarchus labrax
- Fishing techniques : Trawl, line, net fishing
Quality requirements :
- Firmness of the flesh, bright and brilliant colors (presence of mucus), golden highlights and bright red gills.
JOHN DORY
Zeus faber
- Fishing techniques : Trawl, net fishing
Quality requirements :
- Fresh, the saint-pierre presents a shiny skin, lustrous with golden lines visible throughout the body. His eyes well out of the head should not be opaque, his flesh should be firm and without odor.
SQUID
Loligo vulgaris
- Fishing techniques : Trawl
Quality requirements :
- Very fresh, the squid has a skin whose pigmentation is bright and iridescent. With a firm skin when touched, its flesh is pearly and has a marine odor.
SOLE
Solea solea
- Fishing techniques : Trawl
Quality requirements:
- A fresh sole is brilliant, its mucus abundant, uniform and translucent. The blind face of the sole is then pinkish white.
RED MULLET
Mullus Surmuletus
- Fishing techniques : Trawl
Quality requirements :
- Rigid and firm in Extra quality with bright colors, the yellow side lines of the red mullet are clearly visible.