The island of Terceira in the Azores lies 1,500 km west of mainland Portugal, remote enough to make running a business complicated, let alone one built on delivering fresh fish to distant markets. Tibério Barbeito started TZT Flying Fish Azores in his twenties with exactly that ambition. Ten years later, with EU funding behind him, he has revived Terceira's canning industry, turning locally caught fish into gourmet canned products. He began experimenting with cold-smoking local fish species, then diversified into canning with support from Grater, the Fisheries Local Action Group. His canned products, sold under the brand Casa do Portinho, use fresh fish landed by the local fleet, including horse mackerel, Atlantic bonito, limpets, ray and barracuda.