Archive for April 2018
Thursday, April 12, fish prices from Grimsby market
FISH PRICES THURSDAY 12TH APRIL 2018 TOTAL BOXES FOR SALE 1076 TODAY KILOS: 53800 WE DO NOT BUY OR SELL FISH THIS IS A ROUGH GUIDE ONLY – Prices are in £ per kilo Vessels Overland Norwegian Icelandic Other – 129 – 797 150 SPECIES Size Low High Low High Low High COD 1 XL Large 2.70 – COD 2…
Read MoreThursday, April 12, fish prices from Lerwick market
FISH MARKET PRICES SHETLAND Thursday 12th April 2018 7 BOATS LANDED 2326 BOXES Copious, Prolific, Bonaventure, Alison Kay, Acorn, Boy Andrew, Radiant Star SPECIES GRADE VOLUME MAXIMUM AVERAGE kgs PRICE PRICE £ per kg £ per kg CATS 160 2.11 1.95 COD 1 587 2.46 2.31 COD 2 5791 2.58 2.34 COD 3 6389 2.51…
Read MoreRecord year for Scottish Salmon Company
THE Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) had a record year in 2017, with revenues of £150.95 million, almost 50 per cent higher than its previous best of £109.9 million in 2016. The company spent more than £98 million with 135 Scottish suppliers, a significant share of the salmon industry’s total spend of £390 million in the…
Read MoreThursday, April 12, fish prices from Peterhead market
PETERHEAD FISH MARKET PRICES Thursday 12.04.18 Boats 8 Consignments 0 Boxes 7008 Cod Large £2.40 – £3.00 Cod Medium £2.40 – £2.80 Cod Selected £2.30 – £2.60 Cod Small £1.60 – £3.75 Haddock Large £2.75- £3.25 Haddock Medium £3.00 – £3.50 Haddock Selected £3.25 – £3.90 Seed £2.25 – £3.25 Chippers £2.00 – £2.75 Metros…
Read MoreMinisters pile pressure on Young’s
YOUNG’S Seafood is under pressure to reconsider its decision to close its Pinneys site at Annan, following direct intervention by the Scottish government. Scotland’s business minister, Paul Wheelhouse, has written to the company demanding that ‘no stone should be left unturned’ to save as many jobs as possible. It follows a number of earlier pleas…
Read MoreWednesday, April 11, fish prices from Lerwick market
FISH MARKET PRICES SHETLAND Wednesday 11th April 2018 11 BOATS LANDED 896 BOXES Sedulous, Valhalla, Resilient, Moray Endevour, Anders, Gannet, Queen of Hearts, Sharyn Louise, Fairway, Jasper, Lowra May SPECIES GRADE VOLUME MAXIMUM AVERAGE kgs PRICE PRICE £ per kg £ per kg CATS 120 2.01 1.89 COD 1 208 2.54 2.49 COD 2 6949…
Read MoreWednesday, April 11, fish prices from Grimsby market
FISH PRICES WEDNESDAY 11TH APRIL 2018 TOTAL BOXES FOR SALE 1148 TODAY KILOS: 57400 WE DO NOT BUY OR SELL FISH THIS IS A ROUGH GUIDE ONLY – Prices are in £ per kilo Vessels Overland Norwegian Icelandic Other – 80 – 1068 – SPECIES Size Low High Low High Low High COD 1 XL Large 2.80 – COD 2…
Read MoreWednesday, April 11, fish prices from Peterhead market
PETERHEAD FISH MARKET PRICES Wednesday 11.04.18 Boats 10 Consignments 1 Boxes 6559 Cod Large £2.40 – £3.20 Cod Medium £2.30 – £2.70 Cod Selected £2.30 – £2.60 Cod Small £2.00 – £3.20 Haddock Large £3.00 – £3.50 Haddock Medium £3.00 – £3.60 Haddock Selected £3.20 – £3.90 Seed £2.70 – £3.10 Chippers £1.25 – £2.60…
Read MorePrawn farmers fear white spot spread
THE white spot disease which badly hit prawn farmers in Queensland, Australia, late last year looks to have spread further to the Brisbane area. While the authorities are waiting for the results of further tests, five new cases of the virus have been found in crabs and prawns in the northern Moreton Bay area, near Brisbane. Queensland’s fisheries minister,…
Read MoreWe need to farm more fish says EU chief
EUROPEAN Fisheries Commissioner Karmenu Vella has expressed his determination to support and develop aquaculture within the EU. In a prepared, but unannounced, statement he said that fish farming within Europe was starting to emerge from stagnation and it was now time to help it expand. ‘Forty years ago, the famous French commandant Jacques-Yves Cousteau stated: ‘We must plant the sea…
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