The Marlborough Sounds is a place of outstanding beauty, where wedge-shaped hills shelter a network of shining waterways.  With few roads connecting the Pelorus, Queen Charlotte, Anakiwa and outer Sounds, many bays and coves are seldom visited.  This is the environment where Aotearoa Seafoods Ltd cultivates its New Zealand Greenshell™ Mussels, inconspicuous beneath barrel-like floats.  This paradise is the workplace of our marine farming staff, who utilise world leading technologies to cultivate our world famous products.

The deep, clean and cool waters of the Marlborough Sounds - at the top of New Zealand's South Island - provide an ideal environment for raising our mussels from spat through to harvest, with cultivation methods ensuring they grow quickly and are sand and grit-free.  Shellfish health and seawater purity are rigorously monitored, and our company has adopted an environmental code of practice which ensures our operations enhance the area's unspoilt beauty.

Aotearoa Seafoods Ltd sources around 35% of its throughput from its own farms and the balance from contract growers and long-term suppliers.  We have successfully applied to extend existing farms, boosting our own current water space by 15%.