The Mardesic factory is located on the island Dugi otok (Croatia), in the town of Sali, and produces canned fish, mostly sardines and mackerels, and filletted salted anchovies. Founded in 1905, Mardesic has grown during the years and has always been up-to-date with the technological progress, but respecting the tradition, keeping all the freshness of the sea and giving great importance to the origin of the fish.Today the factory has 80 employees, a daily production of 50.000 cans of sardines, a freezing capacity of 50.000 kg per day and provides frozen storage for 1200 tons of fish. The Summer months are dedicated to salted anchovies, while the rest of the year the production is oriented to the canned programme, with a special accent on sardines during Autumn when the catch is intense and the fish can be processed fresh.
