Archive for April 2018
Tuesday, April 3, fish prices from Peterhead market
PETERHEAD FISH MARKET PRICES Tuesday 03.04.18 Boats 5 Consignments 3 Boxes 4680 Cod Large £2.70 – £3.60 Cod Medium £2.70 – £3.00 Cod Selected £2.40 – £2.70 Cod Small £2.50 – £3.20 Haddock Large £3.50 – £4.00 Haddock Medium £3.50 – £4.00 Haddock Selected £3.80 – £4.50 Seed £3.50 – £4.50 Chippers £2.40 – £3.75…
Read More£1m project aims to save wild salmon
A PROJECT aimed at trying to halt the decline in wild salmon stocks was launched this morning on the River Garry in the Scottish Highlands. The Missing Salmon Project will track scores of fish in an attempt to uncover what has caused populations to drop by 70 per cent in the past 25 years. And…
Read MoreSeafood growth ‘just the start’
VALUE creation from Norway\’s fisheries and aquaculture sector has grown threefold in just ten years – but that is only the beginning, said Geir Ove Ystmark, managing director of Seafood Norway. Its contribution to the country\’s GDP last year was NOK 93.8 billion. Speaking recently to a Seafood Norway annual conference in Ålesund, he said this increase…
Read MoreLone UK firm battles for seafood prize
ONLY one UK company has managed to make the final list at the 2018 Seafood Excellence Global Awards in Brussels later this month. Three or four years ago, British seafood businesses were highly prominent and also took some of the top prizes. The lone flag carrier this year is Clearwater Seafoods (Europe), based in Windsor and a subsidiary of Clearwater Canada. It markets and…
Read MoreGrimsby lifeline for Five Star workers
AT least two Grimsby food businesses have offered job opportunities to some of the 390 Five Star Fish staff threatened with redundancy. The 2Sisters Food Group, Five Star\’s owner, announced last week that the business was no longer sustainable in its current form and was entering a period of consultation about the future of the site.…
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