Al Badr Seafoods Pvt. Ltd has become the first Indian member of the International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) and has extended its support for its local one-by-one tuna fishery.
Located in Cochin, South India, close to the Lakshadweep pole-and-line tuna fishery, Al Badr Seafoods processes skipjack and yellowfin tuna, as well as other fish species varieties. The company produces 160,000 cans of fish and fishery products daily, including 80,000 cans of sustainable pole-and-line caught tuna.
Dr Yousef Alkouni Alghdr, managing director of Al Badr Seafoods, said: “We proudly support the local and sustainable pole-and-line tuna fishery of Lakshadweep as it’s very important that we source from tuna fisheries that are low impact.”
Expansion ahead
The company, which is the sister company of Tunisia-based Al Badr International, is currently in the process of expanding its facility and extending its product line to incorporate the production of pre-cooked tuna loins and frozen fish. Through this expansion, it expects to produce 100 containers annually.
As part of its quality assurance, the company also has its own in-house laboratory that conducts microbiological and histamine analysis.
Its products are exported to markets in Africa, the Caribbean, Middle East, South America and Asia.
Martin Purves, managing director of IPNLF, commented: “Al Badr Seafoods illustrates the very strong ties that often exist between processing businesses and coastal fishing operations and we are very pleased to be welcoming Al Badr into our Member network. It’s fantastic that this new partnership extends IPNLF’s reach into India, a region with a great deal of untapped potential in the one-by-one tuna space.”
