Where does your cold-water prawn come from?
Where does your cold-water prawn come from? And how is it caught? Royal Greenland takes you onboard our largest largest prawn trawler, that catches and produces shell-on prawns in the pristine waters of the North Atlantic.
Akamalik is a so called seagoing factory trawler fishing far from shore in deep waters and boiling, packing and freezing the prawns onboard within 3 hours after catch. To reach distant fishing grounds far from land, the seagoing vessels are at sea for several weeks at a time, until the cargo hold is full. While at sea, the vessel is constantly fishing, and two full crews operate shifts around the clock. Each shift is normally 6-8 hours at a time and the full crew is around 25 people.
Frozen at sea shell-on prawns are either shipped directly from the catching vessel to customers around the world or to Royal Greenland's factories ashore for peeling and/or repackaging.
Juicy, flavourful prawns
Choosing shell-on prawns has several culinary advantages – first and foremost, they are frozen straight after catch and are thus very fresh and the quality is straight-from-the-sea. In addition, the shell helps preserve flavour, texture and colour – a shell-on prawn will often be firmer and have more intense colour than a mechanically peeled prawn. Peeling by hand might seem as quite a job, but it is rewarded with excellent prawns, perfect for those special occasions. The shells are great for cooking prawn bisque or stock for sauces etc.
Akamalik facts
Akamalik facts
• Length/Width: 75.8 x 14.5
• Production capacity: 110 t/day
• Catch capacity: 7-10,000 t/year
• Cargo hold capacity: 450-750 t
• Crew: 22-26
