Sanford NZX Announcement - Moana Transaction Unconditional - 31 October 2023 9:27AM Tuesday Oct 31, 2023 More >
Commerce Commission Approves Long-term North Island Inshore Fishing Transaction 9:33AM Wednesday Sep 13, 2023 More >
MEDIA RELEASE - winner announced - BGB King Salmon Top Primary Producer 2023 10:29AM Tuesday Jul 4, 2023 More >
Secrets of New Zealand’s Marine Products to be Unlocked at Sanford’s New Bioactives Centre 12:21PM Thursday Nov 24, 2022 More >
NEW ZEALAND BOTTOM TRAWLING EXPLAINED 12:00AM Wednesday Aug 3, 2022 Bottom trawling is a fishing method commonly used by the fishing industry, including Sanford, but for many, its process is often misunderstood. More >
Sanford Statement re Death of Steffan Stewart and the Findings of the Timaru District Court 2:49PM Friday Sep 24, 2021 More >
KIWI COLLABORATION LAUNCHES INNOVATIVE TECH THAT COULD HELP SAVE THE WORLD’S MOST ENDANGERED DOLPHIN 5:00PM Friday Feb 26, 2021 An unique partnership is launching a way to watch Māui dolphins from the skies, catalysing More >
San Waitaki Judgement 4:30PM Tuesday Feb 23, 2021 Now that the judgement in this case has been released, we would like to take the chance to explain in more detail what led to these mistakes, for which the judge has fined Sanford and the two crew members involved and has confirmed the forfeiture of our vessel. More >
Sanford Disappointed by Full Year Result, but Sees Path to Recovery from Covid-19 Impact 9:02AM Thursday Nov 12, 2020 More >
Sanford Welcomes Government Camera Announcement as Great News for New Zealand Commercial Fishing 9:10AM Friday Sep 4, 2020 More >
Sanford Sees Ongoing Challenges in Foodservice Markets Impacted by Covid-19 12:46PM Wednesday Sep 2, 2020 More >
Sanford Announces Proposed Closure of Tauranga Fish Processing Plant 12:21PM Wednesday Aug 5, 2020 More >
Sanford Proud to Announce Funding Secured for New Salmon Hatchery in Southland 1:36PM Friday Jul 24, 2020 More >
Media release - Joint meadia release on cameras Sealord, Moana and Sanford 11:02AM Monday Jul 6, 2020 More >
Media Release - Sanford Reacts to Threat Management Plan Announcement – Sees Positives in Transition Inclusion 3:04PM Wednesday Jun 24, 2020 More >
Media Release - Sanford Announces Ten Cents per Salmon Community Fund for Bluff and Stewart Island 12:44PM Friday Jan 31, 2020 More >
Media Release - Fiona Mackenzie Announced as Newest Board Member for Sanford Limited 8:40AM Thursday Jan 30, 2020 More >
Media Release - Sanford Ready to Share Free Food and Fun with Auckland Festival-Goers 11:09AM Wednesday Jan 22, 2020 Sanford Ready to Share Free Food and Fun with Auckland Festival-Goers More >
Media Release - New Zealand leaders ‘scoop the pool’ in Trans-Tasman agribusiness awards 2:43PM Friday Nov 29, 2019 New Zealand leaders ‘scoop the pool’ in Trans-Tasman agribusiness awards More >
Sanford Announces $20 Million Investment into Innovative Marine Extracts Centre in Blenheim 10:13AM Thursday Nov 21, 2019 Sanford Announces $20 Million Investment into Innovative Marine Extracts Centre in Blenheim More >
Media release - Sanford supports WWF and Maui63 drone project 1:53PM Monday Nov 18, 2019 Sanford Supports WWF and Māui63 Initiative to Save Māui Dolphins with ‘Mission Possible’ More >
Media Release Sanford Full Year Results 2019 9:43AM Thursday Nov 14, 2019 Sanford Reports Higher Returns from Lower Sales Volumes in Full Year Results 2019, Supporting Value Add Strategy and Innovation Commitment More >
Media Release - SPATnz Results Reveal 18 OCT 2019 10:07AM Friday Oct 18, 2019 Mussels Get their Eureka Moment! Kiwi scientists reveal startling trial results for Greenshell mussel breeding, with potential $200 million payoff More >
Media Release - Sanford involved in Clinical Greenshell Mussel Trials 2:02PM Wednesday Sep 18, 2019 CAWTHRON INSTITUTE More >
Sanford Board Chair Announces Retirement. New Chair Appointed. 10:46AM Friday Aug 23, 2019 Paul Norling has formally advised the Sanford Board he will retire from the position of Chairman and as a Director of the company, following the company's annual shareholders' meeting on December 13, 2019. More >
Sanford Media Release - First Half Result 8:55AM Thursday May 23, 2019 Sanford Reports Lift in Earnings per Kilogram, Despite Challenges, in 2019 More >
Media release - Peter Cullinane to join Sanford board 3:00PM Friday Dec 14, 2018 Media release - Peter Cullinane to join Sanford board More >
Sanford Confirms Sale of Majority of Pelagic Business to Tauranga Based Family Company 10:02AM Thursday Dec 6, 2018 Sanford Confirms Sale of Majority of Pelagic Business to Tauranga Based Family Company More >
Media release - Sanford Pelagic Sale Announcement 1:32PM Monday Nov 19, 2018 Media release - Sanford Pelagic Sale Announcement More >
Media Release - Sanford Limited Full Year 2018 9:36AM Thursday Nov 15, 2018 Sanford Focus on Value Helps Offset Climate Change Impact More >
From Fish to Face: Sanford ventures into marine nano-tech and sustainable skincare 12:49PM Friday Nov 9, 2018 From Fish to Face: Sanford ventures into marine nano-tech and sustainable skincare More >
Health and Safety Made Simple: Paralympian Cameron Leslie has a very clear message for Sanford staff 12:47PM Friday Nov 9, 2018 Health and Safety Made Simple: Paralympian Cameron Leslie has a very clear message for Sanford staff More >
Penguin Place: how Sanford is helping save sick and injured penguins 12:46PM Friday Nov 9, 2018 Penguin Place: how Sanford is helping save sick and injured penguins More >
Hearing Our Youth: Sanford listens to the leaders of tomorrow 12:43PM Friday Nov 9, 2018 Hearing Our Youth: Sanford listens to the leaders of tomorrow More >
A Fishing Revolution: how Sanford is using Precision Seafood Harvesting 12:41PM Friday Nov 9, 2018 A Fishing Revolution: how Sanford is using Precision Seafood Harvesting More >
SeePort 2018: making sustainability entertaining 12:36PM Friday Nov 9, 2018 SeePort 2018: making sustainability entertaining More >
Two Minute Tour (Stewart Island): take a look around our salmon and mussel farms with our local crew 12:26PM Friday Nov 9, 2018 Two Minute Tour (Stewart Island): take a look around our salmon and mussel farms with our local crew More >
New Zealand Hoki Quota Owners Proactively Choosing to Reduce Catch 5:00PM Wednesday Sep 26, 2018 Quota owners in the New Zealand hoki fishing industry have announced today they have proactively chosen to reduce the amount of hoki they will catch next year, in response to changing patterns they are observing in one of the five hoki fishing grounds. More >
Kiwi Seafood Company’s Sustainability Recognised at the 2018 Australasian Reporting Awards 2:09PM Tuesday Jun 26, 2018 Kiwi Seafood Company’s Sustainability Recognised at the 2018 Australasian Reporting Awards More >
Sanford Appoints New Chief Financial Officer 1:00PM Friday Jun 8, 2018 Sanford Appoints New Chief Financial Officer More >
Sanford Media Release - First Half Result 3:47PM Wednesday May 23, 2018 Sanford Reports Strong First Half Result, International Markets a Highlight More >
Hoki mask Media release Sanford May 2018 12:01PM Monday May 21, 2018 Nanofibre magic turns fish skins into wrinkle busting skin care More >
Media Release - Sanford Limited Full Year 2017 4:38PM Wednesday Nov 15, 2017 Sanford Net Profit Up, Value and Innovation Strategy Beds In More >
Sanford Proud to join The Promise 2:15PM Wednesday Jul 5, 2017 Sanford Proud to join The Promise More >
Bonamia Ostreae and Sanford’s Oysters 1:57PM Wednesday Jun 7, 2017 Bonamia Ostreae and Sanford’s Oysters More >
2017 Interim Result Media Release (25 May 2017) 10:39AM Thursday May 25, 2017 Sanford Posts Stronger Net Profit More >
Media Release - Moana New Zealand & Sanford Launch Maui Dolphin Protection Plan 12:00AM Thursday Dec 15, 2016 Fishing companies, Moana New Zealand and Sanford are working with WWF-New Zealand to help ensure Maui-safe fishing in the rare dolphin’s habitat along the west coast of the North Island. More >
Media Release - Sanford Limited Full Year 2016 5:22PM Wednesday Nov 16, 2016 Sanford’s Move From Volume to Value Helps Boost Profit 152% More >
Media release - Marlborough Award Recognises Sanford’s Leading Role in Marine Farming - issued 4 October 2016 12:00AM Tuesday Oct 4, 2016 Sanford General Manager Processing Ted Culley, Marlborough Mayor Alistair Sowman and Sanford CEO Volker Kuntzsch with the Marlborough Award. More >
Media release - Sanford ARA awards - issued 16 June 2016 12:00AM Thursday Jun 16, 2016 Sanford has taken out a Gold Award for their 2015 Annual Report and three special awards for sustainability and integrated reporting at the 2016 Australasian Reporting Awards. More >
Media release - Southland Salmon - issued 1 June 2016 12:00AM Wednesday Jun 1, 2016 Sanford supports aquaculture growth for Southland. More >
Meadia Release New Zealand’s Investment In Technology To Protect Fish Stocks - Issued 29 May 2016 12:00AM Sunday May 29, 2016 The head of fishing company, Sanford says Greenpeace should be supporting,not attacking an industry that is investing to ensure we have the best technology, monitoring and research available on our fisheries. More >
Media Release Sanford welcomes discussion around recording catch - Issued 16 May 2016 11:30AM Monday May 16, 2016 Sanford CEO Volker Kuntzsch says unscientific and historic data relating to the commercial fishery, like that in the University of British Columbia report released today, is disappointing and distracts from a genuine discussion around the future management of our fisheries. More >
Media Release Hauraki Gulf - Issued 12 January 2016 Tuesday Jan 12, 2016 Fishing company Sanford (NZX:SAN) says it will be in discussions with the Government around its concerns with the proposed new Hauraki Gulf Recreational Fishing Park outlined in a White Paper released by the Government today. More >
New research to deliver more muscle for export heavyweight Wednesday Dec 2, 2015 New Zealand’s iconic Greenshell™ mussel is already the heavyweight of our aquaculture exports, now a new science and industry collaboration is set to give it even more muscle. More >
Sanford offers to stop fishing in Hauraki Gulf Wednesday Oct 28, 2015 One of the largest fishers in the Hauraki Gulf says it’s prepared to stop all commercial fishing in the area if everyone who ‘throws a line in’ to the country’s most popular fishery records and reports what they are catching. More >
Rob McLeod Joins Sanford Board Tuesday Oct 6, 2015 Sanford Limited – New Zealand’s largest fishing and aquaculture company – is very pleased to announce that Mr Rob McLeod (Chairman of Ernst & Young New Zealand) has accepted an invitation to join its Board of Directors effective 1 January 2016. More >
Sanford Progresses Value Add Strategy and Invests in Factory Trawler (Granit) Friday Sep 25, 2015 The increasing focus on adding more value to its quota portfolio has prompted Sanford to invest in a freezer trawler with superior capability and capacity as well as processing flexibility. The F/V Granit, a 67m vessel currently operating in Norway, is eminently well suited to New Zealand conditions and for Southern Ocean operations. More >
SANFORD LIMITED REFOCUSES ITS AUSTRALIAN OPERATION Thursday Sep 24, 2015 Sanford Limited advises that due to the limited quota holding in Australia and the lack of economies of scale in fishing in the Great Australian Bight it was decided to take a NZD6.5 million non-cash impairment of that asset. More >
Sanford Confirms Pacific Tuna Vessel Sale (San Namumea) Tuesday Sep 1, 2015 As part of an ongoing strategic review of its business, Sanford management reviewed the viability of the Company’s Pacific Tuna business. Continuing unsatisfactory returns driven by low prices and the strict commodity nature of skipjack tuna coupled with ever increasing access costs to the fishery, resulted in the decision to exit this business and offer the vessels for sale. More >
New Study Busts Myths Around Undersize Snapper Catch Friday Aug 28, 2015 New Zealand fishing industry leaders say an unprecedented 12 month monitoring programme has dispelled the myths around how many undersize snapper are being caught and returned to the sea. More >
Fishing Companies Launch New Vessel Monitoring System Friday Aug 14, 2015 Fishing companies, Aotearoa Fisheries, Sanford and Leigh Fish are stepping up their efforts to bring greater transparency into the inshore fleet. They are some of the first companies to commit to fitting vessel monitoring systems (VMS) on all trawlers within their fleets operating on the east coast of the North Island from the Far North to the bottom of the Bay of Plenty. More >
Coming Out of Our Shells – New Study Shows the Value of Aquaculture to Southland Wednesday Jun 17, 2015 Southland’s largest marine farmer, Sanford, is welcoming research that shows it is contributing highly valued jobs and helping deliver vital social services to the region. More >
Sanford Reports Satisfactory Result and Marks Shift in Customer Focus in Six Month Result Monday May 25, 2015 Sanford Limited, New Zealand’s largest commercial fishing and aquaculture company, has recorded an 18.1% rise in its EBITDA in its interim report for the six months ending 31 March 2015. More >
Sanford Limited Confirms Closure of Christchurch Mussel Processing Facility Monday Apr 20, 2015 Sanford will be combining its South Island mussel volumes at the Havelock site. “The final decision to close has been a difficult one due to the number of staff impacted, however given the outlook of reduced Greenshell mussel crop supply in the short to medium term, the Company needs one South Island location working efficiently at capacity, rather than two impacted by uncertain supply,” said Volker Kuntzsch. More >