DS Fishing and Marine Ltd

DS Fishing and Marine LtdDS Fishing and Marine LtdDS Fishing and Marine Ltd
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Our Facilities
  • Our Operations
  • Our Vessels
  • Our Process
  • Contact Us
  • More
    • Home
    • About Us
    • Our Facilities
    • Our Operations
    • Our Vessels
    • Our Process
    • Contact Us

DS Fishing and Marine Ltd

DS Fishing and Marine LtdDS Fishing and Marine LtdDS Fishing and Marine Ltd
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Our Facilities
  • Our Operations
  • Our Vessels
  • Our Process
  • Contact Us

OUR FACILITIES

Fish Processing

DS Fishing And Marine Ltd operates three modern purpose-built quayside plants in Peterhead, Scotland, which are designed for processing quality pelagic fish.


 

The fish that are landed at the quayside are of the highest quality, thanks to the approach of our fishing partners to trawling and onboard refrigeration. From here, our fish are pumped into our factory and graded.

As they enter our factory - and throughout processing - the fish are tracked through our quality control system. Combined with the data received from the fishing vessels, we can continue to easily identify and trace the origins of our fish.

Our purpose-built processing plants have been designed for efficient pelagic fish processing. Our method of processing helps us maintain our fish at a consistently chilled temperature, a vital element of our strict quality control standards. It also enables a quicker turnaround for our customers.

Because of the size and versatility of our operations, we are flexible to our customers' specifications. We supply a wide range of mackerel and herring products, including:

  • Whole round
  • Hand-cut fillets
  • Headed and gutted
  • Gutted
  • Butterfly flaps
  • Herring roe

Once processed, our products are packed and can be dispatched fresh or sent for freezing and storing.

Freezing and Cold Storage

Our rapid freezing process plays a major part in overall quality control, preserving the quality of the fish for which DS Fishing and Marine Ltd is known.

 

Having meticulously controlled the temperature of the fish throughout processing, we pack our processed fish into 20kg cartons before transferring it to blast freezers for rapid freezing.

Blast freezing

Blast freezing is achieved by circulating frozen air in the freezing room. By rapidly freezing our fish products in this way, we preserve the quality that we and our fishing partners have worked diligently to maintain during catching and processing. After 18 hours, the cartons are ready to be packed into pallets.

Cold storage

Palletised cartons are placed in our fully racked cold storage, ready for delivery. We have a large capacity cold store, which is available at certain times of the year for third party storage lease.

Logistics and Distribution

We own and operate a range of vehicles to help us meet our customers' needs.

 

Full traceability

Our digitised stock control system enables full traceability throughout the distribution process. We supply all required documentation to allow onward movement of goods to their final destination.

UK and European logistics

We own and operate a range of vehicles to best suit the fish product being transported, as well as the facilities to load trucks, containers and reefer vessels directly at our factory. Goods supplied to the UK and European markets are transported by our own refrigerated fleet directly to our customers. These vehicles are also available for third party transport throughout the UK and Europe.

Global distribution

Our fish products are exported globally and are particularly popular in Europe and Asia Pacific. To ensure a smooth transit from Peterhead, we have strong relationships with pelagic fish distribution hubs in The Netherlands, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania. Accessing these established European hubs supports fast delivery to our customers worldwide without any degradation of the quality of our fish products.

Laboratory Testing

On-site and specialist laboratory testing is rigorously carried out so we can be sure of delivering high quality fish products to our customers.

 

An essential part of our quality control methodology, laboratory testing is strictly adhered to and is managed through our HACCP food safety management system.

In-house testing

Samples from every product batch are tested in our on-site laboratory to ensure the safety, freshness and quality of our fish products.

  • Histamine content is sampled from each production code batch using the "Veratox Quantitative Histamine Test" from Neogen Corporation. The method has been tested by the AOAC Research Institute.
  • Fat content is determined using an industry respected standard by Torry Research Station in Aberdeen.
  • TVBN - Total Volatile Base Nitrate test is carried out on each production code batch.

External testing

Rigorous testing to ensure our fish products are safe to consume is carried out by Express Micro Science, an accredited laboratory that tests microbiological and chemical analysis for quality control purposes. Samples from each production code are tested to rule out the following:

  • Staphylococcus aureus Coliforms
  • TVC @ 30°C
  • E-coli
  • Salmonella Parahaemolyticus

"Casting lines and making memories. ...

Copyright © 2025 DS Fishing and Marine Ltd - All Rights Reserved.

This website uses cookies.

We use cookies to analyze website traffic and optimize your website experience. By accepting our use of cookies, your data will be aggregated with all other user data.

Accept