09/07/2024
This month marks the 50th anniversary since the procurement of United Fisheries Ltd by Kypros Kotzikas.
This truly is an incredible individual achievement when it’s reported that 65% of businesses fail in their first 10 years and only 5% of the businesses survive more than 30 years.
A lifetime of achievements has been advanced & completed during this time including:
• Designing a state-of-the-art, purpose-built processing facility, opened in 1994, to replace three existing factories (United Fisheries in Sandyford Street, Sydenham, purchased in 1974, Barbadoes Fisheries in Maldon Street, Sydenham purchased in 1978, and Austro Seafoods, Timaru, purchased in 1986) and provide over 150 families with a continuous & reliable means of living.
• Developing and expanding its marine farms & facilities to allow complete self-sufficiency in mussel supply, farming, harvesting, and processing.
• Building (with long-term partners) a fishing fleet that catches United Fisheries’ quota of Inshore Fish, Bluff Oysters, & Crayfish.
• Developing the first enzymatically hydrolysed liquid fish fertiliser (Bio Marinus) utilising the offal from our production facility.
• Building a worldwide network of suppliers and customers that brings to households the best seafood New Zealand has to offer.
This work, together with many other accomplishments along the way, brings you a family-owned enterprise that Kypros now proudly shares with his four sons and grandchildren.
United Fisheries prides itself on its relationships and ability to support many businesses and individuals throughout the years. We want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has had dealings with us over the past half century and we look forward to continuing to provide you with outstanding service and quality products as we move into the next 50 years.
