Neeltje Jans (Netherlands) 

SME Partner

Fishfarm Neeltje Jans BV is situated on a former construction island near the Storm Surge Barrier in one of the estuaries in SW Netherlands. It started in 1980 with fish culture, but soon also tried the long-line culture of oysters. Neeltje Jans was one of the pioneers in the development of long-line mussel culture in the Netherlands and this is now their main product. They are still improving the culture technique. At present there are 8 companies producing long-line mussels in the Netherlands with a total production of ± 1000 MT. Of the Dutch long-line companies Neeltje Jans is the largest producer.

The responsible person within BLUE SEED is Mr. Simon Schot. Other people involved in the BLUE SEED project are: Mr. Mark Abrahamz, Marcel Kristalijn, Eric Romijn and Jacco Schot.