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Blue Finesse

From Sea to Plate

The journey of a wild Adriatic bluefin

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Adriatic Sea

The journey begins in the Croatian Adriatic, where our fishermen work grounds they have fished for years.

Trolling rods set over the Adriatic from a fishing boat

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Catch

Wild bluefin tuna is caught individually, by hook and line.

Close detail of dark bluefin tuna skin

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Ikejime

The fish is stilled immediately using the Ikejime method, protecting texture and quality from the first moment.

A bluefin tuna tail resting on ice

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Chilling

Careful, immediate chilling begins the cold chain that continues through to delivery.

Hands skinning a bluefin tuna loin during processing

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Professional Processing

Fish are processed and packed through approved professional partner facilities.

A sliced loin of bluefin tuna akami

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Transport

Cold-chain transport carries the fish from Croatia to chefs and distributors across Europe.

A whole tuna hanging in a dry-aging cabinet

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Chef

The fish arrives with its story intact: origin, handling and documentation a chef can stand behind.

Macro detail of wild bluefin tuna flesh

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Plate

Served knowing exactly where it came from, and how it was handled along the way.

Another route

Selected Adriatic bluefin, for planned supply.

The journey above is the wild one. Selected farmed Adriatic bluefin follows a different route, with its own handling and formats. Every bluefin tuna shipment is accompanied by a delivery note and the relevant ICCAT/eBCD traceability documentation.

  1. 01Grown out on an Adriatic farm
  2. 02Harvested with Ikejime
  3. 03Supplied fresh and chilled as whole G&G fish
  4. 04Or cut, vacuum-packed and superfrozen at −60 °C
  5. 05Delivered in a cold chain

For wild fish, each stage of this journey can be recorded against the individual catch in a Fish Passport.