Suspended Long-Line Grown

Our mussels hang on ropes off the long-line in the open sounds rather than sitting on the seabed. They feed on the tide all day, so the meat stays plump and sweet instead of gritty.

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Two Kilos, Graded Even

Every box is weighed and graded so the shellfish cooks in one pass. Two kilos net, shells on, straight from the chiller into the pot.

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A Sounds Family Story

We started with one long-line and a runabout out of Havelock. The farm is bigger now, the bay is the same, and every pack still leaves on the morning tide.

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Why buy from the Sound

Sounds Grown

Long-Lined

Cream Sauce

$

NZ Wide Ship

Green-lipped mussels in the shell

Cooked to order

One pot, three broths

Half a kilo of shells, a hot pan and eight minutes. Pick the broth and the rest is bread.

  • Mussels in White Wine

    Sauvignon blanc, shallot, parsley

    $29.90 / 2 kg
  • Mussels, Garlic Cream

    Cream, garlic, cracked pepper

    $29.90 / 2 kg
  • Mussels, Tomato

    Vine tomato, basil, olive oil

    $29.90 / 2 kg
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Where it comes from

Three sounds, three farm bays

Pelorus, Queen Charlotte and Kenepuru all run cold and tidal. Our lines sit in the outer bays where the water moves hardest.

Pelorus Sound Queen Charlotte Sound Kenepuru Sound
  • Pelorus Sound

    Havelock lines, our first farm

  • Queen Charlotte Sound

    Outer bay, deepest water

  • Kenepuru Sound

    Sheltered grow-out for abalone

All three bays are within a two hour run of the Havelock wharf.

Six ways in

Sauce guide

The same shell takes all six. Each one is a two minute sauce built in the pot the mussels opened in.

Three ways to buy

Mussel packs

Everything is packed the morning it leaves the bay. Weights are net of ice and shell, so what you weigh is what you cook.

From rope to pack

Boat log

Four steps, one morning. Nothing is held over and nothing is re-frozen.

  1. Step 1

    Haul

    Lines lifted at first light, graded on deck

  2. Step 2

    Rinse

    Cold seawater rinse, no fresh water

  3. Step 3

    Cook

    Steamed and chilled, or packed raw

  4. Step 4

    Pack

    Weighed, sealed, on the morning run

Marlborough pour

Wine match

Six bottles that grow within an hour of the farm, and what each one does to a bowl of shells.

Whole Fish

3 products

Whole fish, scaled, gutted and frozen the day they were landed. Steam, braise or pan-fry them...

Shellfish

2 products

Abalone and mussels in the shell, purged and frozen hard. Built for the steamer, the wok...

Prawns and Cuttlefish

3 products

Cuttlefish, peeled sweet shrimp and langoustine tails. Fast, high-heat cooking cuts that reward a short cook.

Two Kilo Seafood Boxes

8 products

Every pack in the shop, frozen in 2 kg boxes and graded for even size so...

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