Archive for August 2018
NFFO throws weight behind Skipper show
THE National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) is sponsoring Skipper Expo Int. Bristol 2018, underlining its importance as a fisheries showcase in England and Wales. The NFFO will also have a stand at the expo, where it will be highlighting the range of the work it does on behalf of its members. Federation chief executive…
Read MoreTuesday, August 14, fish prices from Grimsby market
FISH PRICES TUESDAY 14TH AUGUST 2018 TOTAL BOXES FOR SALE 166 TODAY KILOS: 8300 WE DO NOT BUY OR SELL FISH THIS IS A ROUGH GUIDE ONLY – Prices are in £ per kilo Vessels Overland Norwegian Icelandic Other – 34 3 384 129 SPECIES Size Low High Low High Low High COD 1 XL…
Read MoreTuesday, August 14, fish prices from Peterhead market
PETERHEAD FISH MARKET PRICES Tuesday 14.08.2018 Boats 6 Consignments 3 Boxes 5530 Cod Large £3.40 – £4.20 Cod Medium £3.00 – £3.50 Cod Selected £2.80 – £3.20 Cod Small £1.80 – £2.80 Haddock Large £3.00 – £3.30 Haddock Medium £3.00 – £3.50 Haddock Selected £3.25 – £3.50 Seed £2.25 – £2.75 Chippers £1.40 – £2.30…
Read MoreIreland to spend €23m on port upgrade
THE Irish government is investing more than €23 million to upgrade one if its main fishing ports in the south west of the country. Michael Creed, the minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, has signed a contract which will see a 216m-long quayside development and new port buildings on Dinish Island, Castletownbere, in County…
Read MoreNew fisheries minister pledges growth
NORWAY’S new fisheries minister has described Per Sandberg as one of the best ministers the seafood industry and the country has ever had. Harald Tom Nesvik was speaking at the handover ceremony, which took place during a lightning storm shortly after Sandberg resigned following his controversial visit to Iran last month with Bahareh Letnes, a…
Read MoreOslo names new fisheries minister
HARALD Tom Nesvik, who has written extensively about the seafood industry, was named as Norway’s new fisheries minister today. He replaces Per Sandberg who resigned following intense political pressure since taking a holiday in Iran last month with his new Iranian girlfriend. Sandberg has been under fire for the past two weeks, not as a…
Read MoreMonday, August 13, fish prices from Grimsby market
FISH PRICES MONDAY 13TH AUGUST 2018 TOTAL BOXES FOR SALE 1416 TODAY KILOS: 70800 WE DO NOT BUY OR SELL FISH THIS IS A ROUGH GUIDE ONLY – Prices are in £ per kilo Vessels Overland Norwegian Icelandic Other – 116 2 384 914 SPECIES Size Low High Low High Low High COD 1 XL…
Read MoreMonday, August 13, fish prices from Peterhead market
PETERHEAD FISH MARKET PRICES Monday 13.08.2018 Boats 10 Consignments 6 Boxes 7226 Cod Large £3.40 – £4.80 Cod Medium £3.20 – £3.75 Cod Selected £2.70 – £3.20 Cod Small £2.10 – £2.80 Haddock Large £3.00 – £3.30 Haddock Medium £2.80 – £3.25 Haddock Selected £3.00 – £3.50 Seed £2.25 – £3.15 Chippers £1.40 – £2.25…
Read MoreCanada farmers welcome new minister
THE Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA) has told the country’s new fisheries minister that it is ready for dramatic expansion. The alliance welcomed Jonathan Wilkinson to the post after the previous minister, Dominic LeBlanc, was moved to a new job as Intergovernmental Minister of Northern Affairs and Internal Trade in a cabinet reshuffle. The CAIA…
Read MoreThree-way bid for Young's Seafood
THREE businesses are bidding to buy Young’s Seafood, including one of its former owners, weekend reports have suggested. The Sunday Telegraph said yesterday that the £200 million sale of Britain’s largest frozen and chilled seafood company was nearing completion. The current private equity owners, led by Lion Capital, announced in April that they were putting…
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