Press releases

  • Oceana Group appoints Zodwa Velleman

    August 15, 2019

    Oceana Group (JSE: OCE), Africa’s largest fishing and commercial cold storage company, has appointed Zodwa Velleman to the new position of Group Executive for Regulatory and Corporate Affairs as of ... Read more
  • DIRECTOR’S DEALINGS IN OCEANA SHARES

    December 22, 2011

    Oceana Group Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration Number 1939/001730/06) JSE Share Code: OCE NSX Share Code: OCG ISIN Number: ZAE000025284 (“Oceana”) ... Read more
  • DISCLOSURE OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN SECURITIES

    November 21, 2011

    Oceana Group Limited Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa (Registration Number 1939/001730/06) JSE Share Code: OCE NSX Share Code: OCG ISIN Number: ZAE000025284 (“Oceana” or “the Group” or “the Company”) Shareholders are referred to the cautionary ... Read more
  • OCEANA GROUP RESULTS AND DIVIDEND DECLARATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2011 – 10 NOV 2011

    November 11, 2011

    Oceana Group has announced an increase of 6% in its operating profit before abnormal items compared with the 2010 financial year with significant improvements in the horse mackerel and canned ... Read more
  • TRADING STATEMENT

    October 24, 2011

    In accordance with paragraph 3.4(b) of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited, shareholders are advised that headline earnings per share for the year ended 30 September 2011 are expected ... Read more
  • CAUTIONARY ANNOUNCEMENT

    October 24, 2011

    Shareholders are advised that Oceana has entered into negotiations, which if successfully concluded, may have a material effect on the price of the Company’s securities. Oceana Group Limited Incorporated in the Republic ... Read more
  • OCEANA GROUP HANDS-OVER SMART BOARDS TO COASTAL SCHOOLS

    September 26, 2011

    The Oceana Group has handed over interactive digital white-boards called, “smart boards”, to three schools along the Cape West Coast to facilitate ongoing transformation in the fishing communities within which ... Read more
  • OCEANA GROUP CONVERTS SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT TO PERMANENT JOBS

    September 15, 2011

    The Oceana Group has announced its decision to offer permanent employment to more than 160 seasonal workers employed at its fishmeal plants and related activities in St Helena Bay and ... Read more
  • DISCLOSURE OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN SECURITIES

    September 10, 2011

    Oceana Group Limited Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa (Registration Number 1939/001730/06) JSE Share Code: OCE NSX Share Code: OCG ISIN Number: ZAE000025284 (“Oceana” or “the Group” or “the Company”) Shareholders are referred to the cautionary ... Read more
  • OCEANA GROUP CONTINUES TO ASSIST IN REHABILITATION OF SEABIRDS

    July 8, 2011

    Oceana Group has announced a further allocation to the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) in support of the rehabilitation and conservation of southern Africa’s coastal ... Read more
  • INTERIM RESULTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2011

    May 11, 2011

    Oceana Group Limited (OGL) reported a 10% increase in headline earnings per share and a 30% increase for earnings per share for the six months ended 31 March 2011. Operating ... Read more
  • OCEANA BULLETIN : JSE SRI INDEX 2009

    December 1, 2009

    JSE SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT INDEX Bulletin to Oceana Group staff from FP Kuttel : Group CEO I am pleased to advise that Oceana is one of 67 companies which has qualified for ... Read more
  • NEWS RELEASE : OCEANA INCREASES HEADLINE EARNINGS PER SHARE BY 18%

    November 12, 2009

    Oceana Chairman, Mustaq Brey, reported a growth of 18% in earnings per share and headline earning per share for the financial year ended 30 September 2009. Group turnover increased by 10% ... Read more
  • PRESS RELEASE BY WWF – SOUTH AFRICA

    September 2, 2009

    World Wide Fund for Nature Responsible Fisheries Alliance launched- a first for South Africa Today (2 September 2009), saw stakeholders from across the fishing industry sector shake hands and commit to working ... Read more
  • ANNOUNCEMENT : APPOINTMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TJ TAPELA

    August 27, 2009

    The Board of Oceana has, with effect from 27 August 2009, appointed Takula Jenkins Tapela (BCompt ) as a non-executive director of the company. Tapela joined Brimstone in June 2005 as managing executive, ... Read more
  • OCEANA CODE OF CONDUCT

    May 19, 2009

    DECLARE IT! Code of Business Conduct and Ethics Since early 2009, Oceana’s Western Cape business sites have been hosting presentations of industrial theatre to introduce the revised and updated Code of Business ... Read more
  • ACHIEVEMENT: 4TH YEAR LISTING ON JSE SRI INDEX

    May 19, 2009

    PROUDLY LISTED For the fourth consecutive year, Oceana has been included in the JSE Socially Responsible Investment Index. The Index showcases the companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange that fulfil the ... Read more
  • LUCKY STAR AND CONSUMER STUDIES OLYMPIAD

    May 18, 2009

    LUCKY STAR MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR 2738 LEARNERS AND THEIR SCHOOLS The first Consumer Studies Olympiad was written in 1984 by students in schools which offered home economics as a senior ... Read more
  • CARING FOR COMMUNITIES IN NAMIBIA

    May 18, 2009

    ARECHANAB COMMUNITY TRUST Over the past ten years, from 1998 to 2008, just over N$ 5.1 million has been donated by the Arechanab Community Trust and its associates to development and ... Read more
  • COMMERCIAL COLD STORAGE CITY DEEP

    May 18, 2009

    Additional Capacity for City Deep Conveniently situated to the east of Johannesburg, Commercial Cold Storage in City Deep announced the completion in December 2008 of an expansion programme for 5 ... Read more
  • OCEANA POSTS EXCELLENT MID-YEAR FINANCIAL RESULTS

    May 7, 2009

    Oceana reported its mid-year financial results today, posting a 59% increase in headline earnings per share and a 63% increase in earnings per share for the six months ended 31 ... Read more
  • NEWS RELEASE: GROUP RESULTS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2006

    November 10, 2006

    A Positive Year for Oceana Despite Tough Conditions Oceana Chairman, Mustaq Brey reported that in a very difficult year for the fishing industry due to poor fishing conditions, the group achieved ... Read more
  • SENS ANNOUNCEMENT: BEE TRANSACTION

    September 22, 2006

    Oceana – Results Of General Meeting and Fulfilment Of All Outstanding Conditions Precedent Release Date: 22/09/200611:34:55 Code(s): OCE Oceana Group Limited (Incorporated In The Republic Of South Africa) (Registration Number 1939/001730/06) Jse Share Code:OCE Nsx Share ... Read more
  • LUCKY 13 QUALIFY FOR TOP MARITIME JOBS

    September 21, 2006

    OCEANA cadets graduated at a special ceremony on September 21, 2006. Guests celebrated the success of these latest graduates in the MV Desert Diamond South Africanisation initiative. THIRTEEN formerly unemployed graduates ... Read more
  • MAYDON WHARF STERI-FRUIT TERMINAL

    September 14, 2006

    THE LAUNCH on 31 March 2005 of the Commercial Cold Storage specialised fruit terminal at Maydon Wharf 7 in Durban was seen by the industry as one of South ... Read more
  • OCEANA BULLETIN: OCEANA GROUP BLACK EMPLOYEE SHARE TRUST

    August 31, 2006

    Today a circular was posted to all Oceana shareholders with further details about the BEE transaction and advising shareholders of a general meeting to be held on the 22ndSeptember to ... Read more
  • CONGRATULATIONS ON ACHIEVEMENT

    July 13, 2006

    Eugene Bergens, deck cadet for Desert Diamond Fishing, was promoted in July 2006 to the position as the first South African third officer on MV. Desert Diamond. Eugene passed his ... Read more
  • SA FLAGGING OF SPECIALISED HORSE MACKEREL VESSEL

    July 10, 2006

    In a significant development for the South African fishing industry, Oceana’s specialised horse mackerel fishing vessel, the MFV Desert Diamond, has been re-registered to sail under the South African flag. In ... Read more
  • OCEANA BULLETIN: BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT TRANSACTION

    June 28, 2006

    The aim of this bulletin is to share with you some of the details announced to Oceana shareholders and the public via the JSE SENS and the media regarding the ... Read more
  • BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT TRANSACTION

    June 26, 2006

    In what will lead on from a historically significant transaction in 1994, long before BEE scorecards had been considered, Oceana has entered into a black economic empowerment transaction. Details are ... Read more
  • JSE SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT INDEX

    April 25, 2006

    Announcement by Oceana CEO Andrew Marshall on 25 April 2006: Last year when announcing Oceana’s listing for the first time on the JSE SRI Index, we said that we hoped to ... Read more
  • TSIBA – PROVIDING HOLISTIC EDUCATION FREE TO SELECTED STUDENTS

    December 31, 2005

    During 2005, Oceana’s CEO Andrew Marshall announced that, for the next four years, Oceana would be partnering and supporting TSiBA, the Tertiary School in Business Administration, based in Mowbray, Cape ... Read more
  • LITTLE GOLDEN ANGELS

    December 1, 2005

    To celebrate AIDS Day 2005 Blue Continent Products and the Lobster & Squid divisions hosted a party for children affected in some way by HIV/AIDS and made a generous donation ... Read more
  • THE SOUTH AFRICANISATION PROGRAMME

    October 31, 2005

    The Oceana Group is committed to the Skills Development Act 9 of 1999. Divisonal skills development facilitators are registered with the relevant Sectoral Education and Training Authority (SETA). In ... Read more
  • BEST MARITIME BUSINESS ENTERPRISE

    October 25, 2005

    Oceana won the Locally Owned Maritime Business Enterprise Award at the 2005 National Maritime Achievers Awards Ceremony on 25 October 2005. Introduced in August 2003 with the launch of Desert ... Read more
  • OCEANA AND LUCKY STAR FLY THE FLAG AT KELLY’S BEACH

    October 17, 2005

    “It is indeed an honour and a privilege for Oceana to continue our support of co-operation between Government and the private sector in upholding this year’s theme,” began John Stephenson, ... Read more
  • OPENING OF ‘DIE HAWE’ IN DORINGBAAI

    October 5, 2005

    The Oceana Group, together with Safmarine and the Matzikama Municipality provide a lifeline for the impoverished town of Doringbaai on Cape West Coast. The Western Cape Premier, Mr Ebrahim Rasool today ... Read more
  • LUCKY STAR TUNA LAUNCHED

    September 30, 2005

    Lucky Star shredded tuna was officially launched in September 2005 and took to the trade with a bang! Instore taste testing’s, which were introduced to 90 stores in South ... Read more
  • BEST MARITIME TECHNICAL STUDENT AWARD

    May 31, 2005

    Oceana Group cadet EUGENE BERGENS was nominated in 2005 for the Department of Transport National Best Technical Student Award for the Maritime Industry. His nomination came about through his commitment and ... Read more
  • OCEANA CADETS GRADUATE FIRST IN THE SA MARITIME INDUSTRY

    April 23, 2005

    Achieving a remarkable ‘first’ for South Africa’s Maritime Chamber of the Transport SETA (Sectoral Education and Training Authority), thirteen young cadets qualified on 23 April 2005 for the National Certificate ... Read more
  • EMPOWERDEX A RATING

    February 18, 2005

    In 2004 Oceana appointed EmpowerDEX, an independent Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) rating agency, to perform a BEE audit to determine a Broad Based BEE rating for the Oceana Group. This ... Read more