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CephalopodsOCCFAO 34.1.3
Octopus
Octopus vulgaris · Atlantic common octopus
Pot-caught common octopus, graded T1 to T8, frozen whole in block or IQF.
- Storage
- -21 °C
- Shelf life
- 24 months
- Glazing
- 10 %
- Minimum order
- 5,000 kg
Specifications
- Scientific name
- Octopus vulgaris
- FAO code
- OCC
- Catch area
- FAO 34.1.3
- Fishing gear
- Pot / trapBottom trawlArtisanal canoe
- Presentations
- Whole roundGuttedTentaclesFlower cut
- Treatments
- Land frozenIQF (piece by piece)Block frozen
- Size grades
- T1 (0.3–0.5 kg)T2 (0.5–1 kg)T3 (1–1.5 kg)T4 (1.5–2 kg)T5 (2–3 kg)T6 (3–4 kg)T7 (4–6 kg)T8 (6 kg +)
- Packaging
- Block carton 10 kg · Block frozen, 10 kgInterleaved carton 20 kg · 2 × 10 kg layersPolybag 1 kg · IQF retail bag
- Incoterms
- FOBCFRCIF
Octopus
Our flagship product. Banc d'Arguin octopus is known for firm flesh and unbroken skin — a direct result of pot fishing, which avoids the bruising a trawl causes. Catches are graded at landing, washed in chilled seawater and frozen whole. We have supplied the Spanish, Italian, Japanese and Korean markets for fifteen years.
