Every clam passes through our purpose-built depuration facility, at the end of a chain of care that begins with an environmentally friendly harvest.
Every clam we ship has passed through the same unbroken chain: harvested gently, held live in seawater, purified in our depuration facility, and cooled for export under full NZFSA compliance.
This is how a wild harvest stays wild, and how buyers on the other side of the world can trust exactly what arrives in the carton.
Follow a Cloudy Bay clam from the surf zone to the export carton.
Our environmentally friendly harvest method takes only market-ready mature clams. Undersized clams are returned undisturbed to the seabed to replenish stocks, and every catch is hand-sorted by species on board.
Only Mature Clams Taken
From the moment they leave the seabed, the clams are held on deck in aerated seawater tanks, regularly refreshed, kept alive, clean and unstressed on the journey back to shore.
Held Live, Tank To ShoreAt our depuration facility, clams are laid single-layer in specially designed tanks bathed in uniform, oxygen-enhanced deep-ocean seawater, drawn and returned through an infiltration gallery. The result: exceptionally clean, grit-free shellfish.
Single-Layer · Deep-Ocean Seawater
Our clams are processed in our USFDA-approved facility, with regular contamination testing of both the clams and the water they come from: credentials export buyers can check, not just claims.
USFDA-Approved FacilityUnder full NZFSA compliance, water is cooled below 10°C before export and the clams are shipped in temperature-regulating dry-freight boxes, arriving in kitchens across Australia, the UAE, the USA and Asia-Pacific in peak condition.
<10°C Before ExportThe certifications and controls behind every export carton.
Processed in a facility approved by the US Food & Drug Administration.
Regular testing of both the clams and the water they come from, an unbroken verification record.
Purpose-built purification in oxygen-enhanced deep-ocean seawater.
Full NZFSA compliance: sub-10°C cooling and temperature-regulating dry-freight export packing.
Chefs, distributors and export partners: credentials you can check, and a supply chain you can trust.