Reef & bottom fish
Red snapper, emperor, grouper-type reef fish, parrotfish and the mixed reef catch that the northern boats bring in daily.
Sea crab, cuttlefish, and the fish of the northern coast.
Our range follows the season and the sea. Below is what we buy in volume from Jaffna — and how we prepare it for wholesale and retail buyers.
Core range
Three things we are known for.
Everything here is bought at the Jaffna landings, graded on the spot and iced before it moves. Availability shifts with weather and season — ask us for today’s position rather than assuming.
Crustacean
Sea Crab
Sold live and banded, graded by size and meat condition. Enquire for grades.
Cephalopod
Cuttlefish & Squid
Whole or cleaned, iced at landing to hold colour, firmness and yield.
Finfish
Jaffna Fish — Many Varieties
Reef and pelagic species landed along the northern coast, sorted by species and size.
Sea crab
Handled live, graded honestly, moved fast.
Crab is the least forgiving thing we trade. A weak crab looks the same as a strong one in a photograph and completely different on arrival — so we grade it by hand, at the landing, by people who do it every day.
- Sold live, claws banded, kept damp and shaded from the point of purchase.
- Graded by size band and by meat fill, not just by weight.
- Weak or damaged crab is pulled out before despatch, not passed on.
- Same-day movement wherever the route allows it.
Cuttlefish & squid
The clock starts the moment it leaves the water.
Cephalopods punish delay faster than almost anything else on the boat. Colour goes, then texture, then price. Ours goes onto ice at the landing and stays there.
- Available whole, or cleaned to your specification on request.
- Sorted into size bands so your kitchen or line gets a consistent piece.
- Iced immediately at the beach — the single biggest factor in final quality.
- Squid handled alongside cuttlefish, subject to season.
Fish from Jaffna
Many kinds, all landed on the northern coast.
The northern waters give a genuinely broad mix — reef species, bottom fish and pelagics all in the same week. What we can offer on any given day depends on the weather and the boats, so treat the list below as our regular range rather than a standing guarantee.
Pelagics
Seer fish, trevally, tuna and queenfish — the higher-value lines that wholesale buyers and hotels ask for by name.
Small pelagics & volume lines
Sardine, mackerel, herring and similar species, moved in bulk for markets, processors and institutional kitchens.
Mullet & lagoon fish
Lagoon and near-shore species from the northern lagoon systems, popular in the domestic retail trade.
Prawns
Handled seasonally alongside the main range, graded by count and iced on the same discipline as the cuttlefish.
Ask for what isn’t listed
If you need a species we haven’t named, tell us. We would rather source it properly than sell you something adjacent.
How you can buy
Wholesale lots or retail quantities.
We supply both ends of the domestic market and the terms differ, so it is worth telling us up front which one you are.
For markets, hotels, processors, caterers and institutional buyers. Priced per
kilo by species and grade, delivered in bulk against an agreed weekly or
per-consignment arrangement. Tell us your species, grade, volume and delivery
window and we will quote against it.
Smaller quantities for retail outlets and direct customers, packed to order.
Useful if you want the same Jaffna quality without committing to a
wholesale lot.
Fish is sorted by species and size; crab by size band and meat fill; cuttlefish
by size and whether it is whole or cleaned. If your line needs a tighter
specification than our standard grades, say so at enquiry stage and we will
tell you honestly whether we can meet it consistently.
Supply follows the weather and the season. During rough periods some species
simply are not landed. We will always tell you what is genuinely available
this week rather than quoting a list we cannot fill.
Export is in preparation rather than in operation. If you are an overseas
buyer, we are glad to talk early — see the
export page for where we actually are.
Let’s trade
Tell us what you need and how often you need it.
Send us the species, the grade and the weekly volume. We will come back with an honest price and an honest lead time — including when we can’t supply.