Premier Fishing Brands

Founded in 1952, and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 2017, Premier Fishing and Brands Limited (Pty) Ltd is a predominantly commercial fishing, fish processing and marketing company operating internationally and has the largest aquaculture farm in South Africa. Premier also boasts the largest squid plant in Africa with its ownership of Talhado limited. Premier is a dominant player in the rock lobster and squid sectors among other notable strategic alignments in the industry. Its range of activities involves some 1000 permanent and seasonal staff, in factories, facilities and vessels operating in three provinces, with an established customer network in Asia, Europe and the USA. Furthermore, it has built partnerships with small companies particularly in west coast rock lobster sector where it assists these companies with the catching and marketing of their fish. This is in line with the group’s fundamental principle of developing smaller black-owned companies as well as in investing into the communities within which it operates.