Ocean Venture AS
Who we are
Ocean Venture is a fishing company operating with vessels equipped to catch snow crab. Our mission is to catch and produce the product on-board, then ship worldwide to our customers without any loss in quality. That is why we have a state of the art factory on-board that produces a finished product immediately after catching.
What do we catch?
We focus on snow crab. Chionoecetes opilio is the scientific name of the snow crab. It is considered a true crab and has five pairs of legs. They are smaller than the King crab and weigh anywhere from 2 to 4 pounds when fully mature. Snow crabs are more accessible and abundant than King crab and are generally harvested in the waters stretching from California up to the Gulf of Alaska and into the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean.
How we operate
Snow crab fishery
We catch snow crab with thousands of crab pots, working 24 hours a day for a month before returning to land to change crew, refuel and offload our catch. Then go straight back at it. The season for snow crab lasts 6-8 months a year.
Production
We produce the finished product onboard. Immediately after catching the crab, it is processed, frozen and then packaged, ready for delivery to our storage on land where it is ready for exporting.
Global Export
Once the crab product reaches land it has already been sold. It is then shipped to the customer worldwide , usually by ship, in freezing containers to keep the quality 100% all the time.
Recruitment
If you wish to be part of our awesome, hardcore fishing crew you can send us an email with your resume to soknad at ocean-venture.no
You need to have the following qualifications:
- A basic safety certificate / STCW certificate
- Seaman's health certificate
- Atleast 18+ Years old
The following qualifications will give you an advantage:
- Experience from previous fishing vessels
- Verneombud kurs / Safety representative certificate
- Brovakt sertifikat / Bridge watch duty certificate
- Higher education such as Chief mate, Officers, Engineer, Stewards, Electrician etc
Contact us
If you want to contact us about purchasing snowcrab or have any questions for us, please do not hesitate to email us.
- post at ocean-venture.no
- Espehaugen 41, 5258, Blomsterdalen, Norway
- Postbox 139, 5868, Blomsterdalen, Norway