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Merluccius hubbsi

Argentine hake

The backbone of our production — clean white flesh, consistent yield.

Wild-caught Argentine hake, headed and gutted or filleted, with firm white flesh and a mild flavour. Our highest-volume product and the reference for European and Brazilian white-fish programmes.

  • MSC chain-of-custody volumes available on request
  • Skin-on and skinless fillets, interleaved or IQF
  • Yields verified lot by lot in our own laboratory
Close-up of a whole Argentine hake, skin and texture

Specifications

Scientific name
Merluccius hubbsi
Catch area
FAO 41 — Argentine Sea, 43°–47° S
Fishing gear
Bottom trawl, own fleet
Treatment
Additive-free or STPP on request
Freezing
Plate or blast, core temperature −25 °C
Shelf life
24 months at −18 °C or colder
Storage
−25 °C in our cold store, reefer set point −22 °C

HGT (headed, gutted, tailed)

Whole cleaned fish, sized by weight, packed in blocks or IQF. The standard format for secondary processors.

Skinless fillets

Trimmed, bone-checked, interleaved or IQF. Produced with or without a glazing layer, to your declared percentage.

Skin-on fillets

Scaled and trimmed with the skin kept for retail and foodservice presentations.

Blocks

Compressed, interleaved-free blocks for breading and portioning lines.

Cococho

A cut from the hake's throat, gelatinous in texture and prized in fine dining. Included with every order at no extra charge.

Tritón Patagonia packaging for Argentine hake
Inner packaging
Polybag or interleaved layers, 1 kg / 2 kg / 5 kg
Master carton
10 kg or 20 kg net, printed to your artwork
Pallet
1,000 kg per pallet, stretch-wrapped and corner-protected
Container
26–27 t per 40' reefer
Labelling
Lot code, production date, species, catch area, net and gross weight
  • Breaded and battered portion lines
  • Retail packs and private-label programmes
  • Foodservice and institutional catering
  • Fish and chips and quick-service chains

Product range

Whole Argentine red shrimp, studio photograph

Argentine red shrimp

Pleoticus muelleri

Wild-caught Argentine red shrimp from the San Jorge Gulf, frozen whole on board or in the plant within hours of landing. Sold whole, as tails or peeled, in the size grades your market expects.

Presentations
Whole, tails, peeled
Season
December to July
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Whole whitemouth croaker, studio photograph

Whitemouth croaker

Micropogonias furnieri

Wild-caught whitemouth croaker, frozen whole round or gutted, sized by weight and packed in bulk cartons. A dependable, competitively priced whitefish for high-volume distribution.

Presentations
Whole round, gutted, fillets
Season
March to November
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Whole Argentine shortfin squid, studio photograph

Argentine Shortfin Squid

Illex argentinus

Wild-caught Argentine shortfin squid, jig-caught and frozen aboard within hours of capture. Sold whole, as cleaned tubes, rings or tentacles, to your specification.

Presentations
Whole, tubes, rings, tentacles
Season
January to July
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Tell us the species, the size and the destination port

Send the specification you need and we reply with an offer, product photographs and current availability within one business day.

Quotes answered within one business day. Export desk in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

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