Company Profile

South Sea Exclusive

South Sea Exclusive is an international sustainable mariculture company, operating in the Netherlands and the Philippines. We have several independent divisions working on specific tasks within the scope of sustainable mariculture.

Our research department, South Sea Exclusive Research, has its main office based in the Netherlands in Wageningen, which is the ‘City of Life Sciences’ and home to the Wageningen University and Research Centre, an internationally leading education and research organization, that significantly contributes to the quality of life.

South Sea Exclusive is specialized in applied mariculture research. Our laboratories in the Netherlands and the Philippines, are continuously working towards the development of sustainable nursery and hatchery protocols for high-value marine species, with a focus on spiny lobster, abalone and sea cucumber, to be sold live at our target markets China, Japan and Malaysia.

Mission

“South Sea Exclusive strives to become the leading company in sustainable mariculture of high-value marine products in Southeast Asia by 2015. South Sea Exclusive operates with a triple bottom-line regarding profitability, sustainability and corporate social responsibility. Our ultimate target is to realize a 'green' transition in mariculture in Southeast Asia in the coming decades".

South Sea Exclusive Foundation

We have established the South Sea Exclusive Foundation, which intends to contribute to the improvement of the 'quality of life' of the local community and environment of the island Palawan, by conducting projects concerning alternative livelihood, nature conservation and environmental education. These projects are practical, small scaled, environmental friendly and long lasting.

Logo philosophy

South Sea Exclusive is the brand name for Sustainable Mariculture. South Sea indicates the prime region of operation; the countries surrounding the South China Sea. As well, it represents the natural wealth of resources that are still abundant in the Philippines.

Exclusive represents our ambition to deliver a product of exclusive quality to customers in our target markets who demand the highest quality seafood products. Furthermore, it emphasizes that the wild populations of the high-value species we focus on, are low in number as a consequence of overharvesting and the use of illegal fishing methods, such as dynamiting and cyanide fishing.

Our logo is a definition of the purity of the sea in its colour blue and the motion of the wave, combined with the tail of the spiny lobster expressing our focus on exclusive, high-value marine products. As well, the logo expresses other forces of nature present in our operations through its association with the sun and the air.