WHERE QUALITY MEETS INNOVATION
IN FISH AND SEAFOOD PROCESSING

In 1995, in Nīca on the Latvian Baltic Sea coast, the factory "Piejūra" ("By the sea") was established and on January 13, 1996 started operations with a hot-smoked, semi-finished fish production shop. Since then, the company has been in continuous development.

In 2003, the plant was upgraded to meet EU canning industry standards, and in 2009 "Piejūra" signed a contract with the Rural Support Service's Fishery Fund to co-finance renovation and purchase of equipment worth 1.5 million lats. In 2010, the plant was further modernized, becoming one of the most advanced fish processing facilities in the Baltics, continuously adapting to Latvian and EU requirements to ensure the highest product quality.

Piejūra's activities are driven by passion and a strong sense of environmental responsibility. Since 2011, the company has sourced electricity and heat from a nearby biogas power plant. In 2013, a further EUR 3 million was invested in equipment and renovation, enabling expansion into frozen breaded products.

Under ERAF project No. 1.2.1.1/16/A/004, the company received co-financing for research on using the co-extrusion method, resulting in a new product line of innovative items, including exported fish bite snacks. Together with the Kaliningrad institute Atlant-NIRO, research is also carried out on the use of by-products in new products with defined shelf life.

In 2018, an investment round brought in the development-focused NS Estate team, which took over the factory and continued its growth, launching various new products in cooperation with Latvian and international scientists. In 2022, the company installed 400 kW of solar panels, increasing its own green energy supply. Currently, a reconstruction project is underway to introduce fully automatic packaging of frozen products and additional electricity generation capacity. In parallel, in 2025 the company started a project to diversify production with new plant-based snack products.