Rui Ventura
General Manager Fishing Operations
Agri and Aquaculture
SEALORD
New Zealand
Biography
Rui Ventura is Sealord's General Manager of Fishing Operations. His role has a significant part to play in Sealord's strategy of Operational Excellence through ensuring the effective utilisation of deep sea factory vessels, land-based processing plants and maximising the return from the company's allocated quota assets. Rui joined Sealord with 20 years’ experience in the fishing industry, most recently as Senior Management Executive with the Oceana Group, the largest diversified fishing company in South Africa. His role there involved managing a factory as well as a fleet of seven vessels - comprising two freshers and five factory freezer trawlers, with a quota for 15,000 tonnes of hake.
Research Interest
Aquaculture, seafood processing, fisheries, fishing technology
