Exhibit 23.1

                          ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP


Consent of Independent Public Accountants

As independent public accountants,  we  hereby consent to the use of our reports
(and to all references to our firm) included in or made part of the Registration
Statement  on  Form SB-2 and related prospectus of Claw Island Foods Inc.  dated
August 9, 1996.

                                                      ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
                                                      (Signature of Arthur
                                                      Andersen LLP appears here)

Raleigh, North Carolina
August 9, 1996.