Archive for February 2018
Monday, February 5, fish prices from Grimsby market
FISH PRICES MONDAY 5TH FEBRUARY 2018 TOTAL BOXES FOR SALE 3066 TODAY KILOS: 153300 WE DO NOT BUY OR SELL FISH THIS IS A ROUGH GUIDE ONLY – Prices are in £ per kilo Vessels Overland Norwegian Icelandic Other – 322 – 2655 89 SPECIES Size Low High Low High Low High COD 1 Large 2.50 2.80…
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FISH MARKET PRICES SHETLAND WEEK 6 Monday 5th February 2018 16 BOATS LANDED 3140 BOXES Jubilee Spirit, Avrella, Copious, Prolific, Lonestar, Radiant Star, Venturous, Avrella, Boy Andrew, Osprey, Swift, Lesley A, Budding Rose, Jasper, Girl Isla, Tranquility SPECIES GRADE VOLUME MAXIMUM AVERAGE kgs PRICE PRICE £ per kg £ per kg CATS 214 3.45 2.75…
Read MoreMonday, February 5, fish prices from Peterhead market
PETERHEAD FISH PRICES. Monday 05.02.18 Boats 9 Consignments 1 Boxes 6510 Cod Large £2.30 – £3.00 Cod Medium £2.40 – £2.80 Cod Selected £2.40 – £2.70 Cod Small £2.20 – £3.00 Haddock Large £2.00 – £2.80 Haddock Medium £2.20 – £2.40 Haddock Selected £2.40 – £2.70 Seed £2.00 – £2.80 Chippers £1.60 – £3.00 Metros…
Read MoreRecord contract for boat builder
APPLECROSS based firm Northwind Engineering has begun work on its largest contract to date, to build a new state-of-the-art landing craft worth £700,000. Not only is the landing craft – for Scottish Sea Farms – the engineering firm’s biggest project in terms of value, it’s also its biggest in terms of physical size too, measuring…
Read MoreEU and Norway embroiled in crab row
A POTENTIALLY serious row has broken out between the European parliament and Norway over crab fishing rights in a remote area of the Barents Sea. The accusations come mainly from Polish fishermen who have moved to the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard to fish for snow crabs. They claim they are being harassed by the Norwegian authorities, who administer Svalbard under international treaty. A…
Read MoreStrong start for Norwegian exports
NORWAY\’S seafood sector has got off to a sound start at the beginning of 2018 with January export figures up in both volume and value. Sales last month totalled 198,000 tonnes, an increase of 23,000 tonnes or 13 per cent, while the overall valued rose by two per cent or 143 million kroners to NOK…
Read MoreSalmon farmer’s £100m boost for Scotland
SCOTTISH Sea Farms announced today that it spent more than £100 million buying goods and services from local businesses in 2017. This was up £13.9 million on 2016 and is driven by a long standing company policy to ‘buy Scottish’ wherever possible. The £100 million represents 85 per cent of Scottish Sea Farms’ total spend…
Read MoreFish Update Briefing, Friday, February 2
FISH FINGER AD PULLED OVER SAFETY CONCERNS BIRDS EYE has withdrawn a TV advert for fish fingers following safety concerns. It showed a man and boy leaping into the sea with a voiceover saying: ‘Captain Birds Eye loves the simple things, like jumping into cold water on a hot day with his grandson.’ But following the death of…
Read MoreThursday, February 1, fish prices from Lerwick market
FISH MARKET PRICES SHETLAND Thursday 1st February 2018 8 BOATS LANDED 1240 BOXES Elsie M, Avrella, Halcyon, Valhalla, Resilient, Radiant Star, Norlan, Tranquility SPECIES GRADE VOLUME MAXIMUM AVERAGE kgs PRICE PRICE £ per kg £ per kg CATS 20 2.25 2.18 COD 1 700 3.16 3.09 COD 2 2245 3.34 3.08 COD 3 1719 3.22…
Read MoreThursday, February 1, fish prices from Grimsby market
FISH PRICES THURSDAY 1ST FEBRUARY 2018 TOTAL BOXES FOR SALE 362 TODAY KILOS: 18100 WE DO NOT BUY OR SELL FISH THIS IS A ROUGH GUIDE ONLY – Prices are in £ per kilo Vessels Overland Norwegian Icelandic Other – 166 – – 196 SPECIES Size Low High Low High Low High COD 1 Large 3.00…
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