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Flavio Mariano · Oceanful

Oceanful is a Cape Town seafood business built around three values: Fish, Family and Faith. Flavio Mariano is someone I know personally and trust for his commitment to seafood and service.

Cape Town seafood

Flavio Mariano smiling in a flat cap and linen shirt, holding a tray of grilled prawn skewers, crab and lobster above a Cape coastline

A personal recommendation

Flavio is someone I know and trust. His passion for seafood, his family values and his commitment to quality are what make Oceanful a supplier I am proud to recommend.

Chef Paul Dukai

About Oceanful

Fish, Family and Faith.

What they do
Importers and exporters of frozen shellfish and seafood, in Oceanful's own words, with a focus on the waters of Mozambique.
The range
Prawns, crab of several kinds, lobster, langoustines and clams, supplied to kitchens and businesses in a range of volumes.
The values
Fish, Family and Faith: three words Oceanful uses to describe a heritage passed down through generations.
Oceanful crest: an anchor within a rope ring with a prawn and a crab, over the sea

The Oceanful crest, as supplied.

Clams, whole prawns, a blue crab and thyme on crushed ice
Grilled prawn skewers beside a cooked crab and lemon on a steel tray

The range

From the catalogue, without the price list.

Oceanful's catalogue includes the following range. Products, sizes and availability must be confirmed directly with Oceanful.

Prawns

Whole prawns for the grill, the pan or the pot; shelled meat and tails where speed matters. Grades and pack sizes are Oceanful's to confirm.

  • Mozambique Tiger Giants

  • Banana-Style Mozambique King Plus, King and Queen prawns

    The catalogue lists these under the King Plus, King and Queen grades.

  • Banana prawn tails

  • LM (Mozambique) prawn meat, raw, shelled and cleaned

  • Vannamei prawns

    Spelt Vananmei in the catalogue.

  • Black Tiger prawns

    Listed in King, Queen Plus, Queen and Prince grades.

Availability, sizes and grades are confirmed by Oceanful directly.

  • Raw whole prawns on a steel tray with lemon halves and parsley
  • Two open boxes of frozen whole prawns laid in rows
  • Four large raw prawns held in two cupped hands
  • Grilled prawns on wooden skewers over a blue and white patterned plate

Lobster and crab

Whole lobster and whole or sectioned crab. Which crab suits a dish depends on the cut, so ask Oceanful what is available before planning a menu around it.

  • Mozambique green lobster

  • Orange Mozambique crab, sections

  • Mozambique green crab

    Described in the catalogue as green mud crab.

  • Mozambique blue crab

  • Whole X-Large Namibian orange crab

  • Deep Sea Mozambique orange crab, whole

Availability, sizes and grades are confirmed by Oceanful directly.

  • Three whole raw lobsters with mottled green and blue shells laid side by side
  • Four whole raw lobsters of mixed brown and green colouring with long antennae
  • A whole orange crab on a slate board with a rugged coastline behind
  • A pile of live green and blue crabs
  • Blue crab claws and body on a steel tray with lemon and green pepper
  • Frozen crab claws and sections packed together

Langoustines

Whole langoustines, graded by size in the catalogue. Sizes change, so the grades are not listed here.

  • Langoustines

    The catalogue offers several size grades from small to extra large.

Availability, sizes and grades are confirmed by Oceanful directly.

  • Whole frozen langoustines laid head to tail in a white box

Clams

Whole clams in the shell.

  • Mozambique clams

Availability, sizes and grades are confirmed by Oceanful directly.

  • A handful of clams in the shell held over a colander of ice
  • Six clams in the shell laid on a printed cloth beside a knife

Other catalogue products

Also listed by Oceanful

Chourico, spicy and plain; Wellington Kalamata olives.

Current availability

Confirmed by Oceanful, not by me.

What is in the cold store changes with the season and the shipments. The current selection, sizes and terms are Oceanful's to confirm. I do not take orders and do not hold stock.

Oceanful is featured as a personal recommendation by Chef Paul Dukai. This is an unpaid listing, and DUKAI receives no commission from enquiries or purchases.