About Seamar

Ashok Bhattachan was born in Nepal, grew up in Japan and met the woman of his life in the Netherlands. As a tuna specialist, he took over the Seamar company two years ago from a customer and good friend: "As tuna wholesalers, we wanted to spread our investment with our family business with a retail store in Brussels, which supplies restaurants and supermarkets every day. We offer a choice of 400 types of fish: tuna from Japan, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, the Philippines and Vietnam, salmon from Norway, Iceland, Ireland, Scotland through the auctions in IJmuiden and Zeebrugge."

The fact that Seamar is located in the heart of Brussels is exactly what Bhattachan wants: "This central location is ideal for delivering throughout the Benelux and as far as Paris. We are the largest in our sector in Belgium. We supply to the main supermarkets, all the major sushi chains and the best restaurants. We trade 50 tons of salmon and 4 tons of tuna per week. That's a lot of fish! And that is the future, because there are a lot of people in the world and we are gradually doing so we empty the sea. The only way to continue is to breed."

Fish is in Ashok's DNA, from family to family, for generations, day in and day out: "It remains a challenge and a pleasure to be there for our customers. It takes a certain kind of character. You have it or you don't have it; there is no intermediate form. This is also not a subject that you can learn at university. It is a passion that I have, a challenge that I always want to continue to take on fishing areas are disappearing, enough professionals remain."

“My greatest pride is my business, which continues to run round the clock,” Ashok concludes. "This is my third child. But my greatest wealth is my family. It is my wife and family who stand behind me and give me the strength I need!"