NMU Seafood
Sterna Seafood AS
Since 1931
Since 1931
OUR HISTORY
Sterna Seafood AS has its roots all the way back to 1931 and was established by Andreas Mørch Saure, the grandfather of today’s owner Christian Saure. The company has today its main office at Tjuvholmen in CBD Oslo and a branch office in Bergen on the western coast of Norway. 90 years of experience from the international fish market has provided excellent knowledge of products, customers and suppliers worldwide. Our main business today is the export of various by-products from fish and other marine products to countries all over the world. Shark fins of Dogfish, stock fish or dried fish and shrimp powder are among our most selling products.
Our Products
Our main export products are frozen shark fins, stock fish and dried fish, by-products from cod, salmon oil and fish meals and fish oils.
Dried fish
Dried fish or stockfish is made from unsalted fish being dried in open air using wind and sun for drying. Apart from this we also handle so-called wet salted dried fish (bacalao) where cod/saythe is salted and dried in drying tunnels using hot air packed into cartons and exported worldwide […more]
Stockfish
In Norway we have a large fishing for Cod (Gadus Morhua), Saithe (Polacchius Virens), Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) and Tusk (Brosme Brosme) […more]
Cod heads
An important by-product from the cod processing is the cod head which is dried and sold in Hessian bags. […more]
MD / FD Shrimp Powder
There is a large fishing for shrimp (Pandalus Borealis) in the northern part of Norway. From these shrimps we make shrimp shell meal / powder (Crévettes poudre/Camaron en polvo/Gambas en Polvo) We can also supply freeze dried shrimp powder […more]
Red crustacean
We have a new fishery for a small red crustacean (very red colour ) – this can be used both as an additive in human foods or in hatcheries for new borne fish or shrimps. Can be supplied frozen or dried. […more]
Shark Liver oil
In the Atlantic there is also a fishing for deep water sharks where the liver is treated for extraction of the liver oil which is used in the cosmetic industry for skin lotions (squalene) […more]
Dogfish fins
We supply frozen or dried dogfish tails and fins . Scientific name dogfish : Squalus acanthias […more]
Dogfish eggs
An important by-product from dog fish is dogfish eggs as in the photo. The eggs are used in different foods and are a very good start feed in eel farming. A scientific report hereabout will be avaialable.
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Shark fins
Sterna Seafood AS has for more than 60 years been involved in the market for bi-products of sharks – mainly the tails and fins from dogfish and basking shark as well as other types of shark (blue shark). The dogfish is MSC, the main product is the meat, the tails are just a bi-product from the fishing. […more]
Cod roe and liver
Cod roe is used for human food in many countries . Cod liver is used for making cod liver oil rich in Vitamin A and D. […more]
Cod milt
Cod milt is used for various foods and soups in Asia. […more]
Cod backbones with maw
This product is sold in large volumes tru Asian countries . The maw goes for special foods and the backbone contains cod meat which is scraped out and used for foods such as fish cakes. […more]
Cod stomachs
An important by-product is dried cod head, dried in a similar way as the stockfish.
This forms a somewhat cheaper product than the Stockfish. The cod heads are packed into hessian bags of 30 kg […more]
Cod tongues
Crab
In Norway we have a large fishery or the stone crab “Cancer pagurus “ We can supply whole crab or peeled crab meat. […more]
Red crustacean powder
There is a large fishing for shrimp (Pandalus Borealis) in the northern part of Norway. From these shrimps we make shrimp shell meal / powder (Crévettes poudre/Camaron en polvo/Gambas en Polvo) […more]
Red plancton
(Crévettes poudre/Camaron en polvo/Gambas en Polvo) Freeze dried shrimp powder commands a very high price but also very high quality. As a fine flour it is used in soups, sauces and prepared dishes […more]
Salmon oil/Fish meal
In the Atlantic there is also a fishing for deep water sharks where the liver is treated for extraction of the liver oil which is used in the cosmetic industry for skin lotions (squalene) […more]
Salmon skin
salmon skin is exported frozen and used for grilling the skin. […more]
Salmon heads
We supply salmon heads (frozen). Please note that the product can be supplied in V-cut or straight cut. […more]
Sea cucumbers
Along Norways very long and unpolluted coast you find sea cucumbers. To harvest them is a new fishery but we believe with large potential.
There are 2 types – Stichopus Tremulus and Cucumaria Frondosa. […more]
Kingsnails
It is normally the muscle which is frozen and exported. Scientific name “Buccinum undatum” […more]
Scallops
Scientific name Placopecten Magellanicus
Packed in 2 sizes – either 10/20 pieces / lbs or 20/30 pieces per lbs […more]
