Archive for January 2018
Thursday, January 4, fish prices from Lerwick market
FISH MARKET PRICES SHETLAND Thursday 4th January 2018 4 BOATS LANDED 1697 BOXES Allegiance, Ocean Reaper, Opportune, Avrella SPECIES GRADE VOLUME MAXIMUM AVERAGE kgs PRICE PRICE £ per kg £ per kg CATS COD 1 1445 3.72 3.23 COD 2 8561 3.68 3.20 COD 3 8495 3.50 3.07 COD 4 7582 3.07 2.65 COD 5…
Read MoreMass rubbish found on fishing grounds
MORE than 100 million pieces of rubbish are lying at the bottom of the Barents Sea, one of the world\’s richest fishing grounds, Norwegian researchers have discovered. The evidence is based on video footage filmed by scientists taking part in a project known as Mareano Bottom Mapping. Weighing an estimated 23,000 tonnes, the refuse – much of it plastic…
Read MoreInvestor sets up new aquaculture fund
THE specialist seafood investment company Broodstock Capital has allocated 200 million Norwegian kroners ($25 million) to finance fishery projects. The Norwegian firm is setting up a second dedicated fund to focus on small and medium sized businesses in fishing and the aquaculture industry. It specifically targets growth companies with a proven track record and a strong management team, with…
Read MoreMarine Harvest buys Canadian salmon farmer
MARINE Harvest is to buy leading east coast Canadian salmon farmer Northern Harvest, the Bergen based company announced. Northern Harvest is fully integrated with its own broodstock, smolt/hatchery, farming sites and processing operations. It is expected to harvest 19,000 tonnes of salmon in 2018; it has 45 farming licences in Newfoundland and New Brunswick, and…
Read MoreThermolicer firm appoints new boss
NORWAY’S Steinsvik Group, which makes aquaculture equipment including the Thermolicer, has appointed a new CEO. Martha Kold Bakkevig has replaced Bjørn M. Apeland with effect from yesterday. She brings 20 years’ experience of management and business development, and is local to Haugesund in Rogaland county, where Steinsvik is headquartered. ‘After almost 14 years as an…
Read MoreIceland bans Faroe boats in fishing row
ICELAND appears to be heading into an unexpected fisheries dispute with its near neighbour, the Faroe Islands. The new Reykjavik government has banned all Faroese vessels from fishing inside its territorial waters after the two countries failed to reach agreement on reciprocal rights. They have had a swap deal for a number of years, which…
Read MoreMSP sends fish gift to Brexit minister
BREXIT secretary David Davis received a surprise present over the Christmas period from a Nationalist MSP to remind the minister of the importance of Scotland\’s seafood sector. The SNP’s Stewart Stevenson, who represents Peterhead, Scotland\’s largest fishing port, dispatched a Cullen skink soup to Whitehall to warn that the movement of fish and seafood products could be…
Read MoreFestive salmon sales record for Norway
DECEMBER 15 will go down as the best day in the history of the Norwegian fresh salmon industry, with a record 6,500 tonnes of fish exported in just 24 hours – thanks to unprecedented Christmas demand. The export volume was worth 319.5 million kroners (£28.8 million) and was equivalent in size to 325 trailer-loads. It meant the…
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