Archive for September 2018
Monday, September 24, fish prices from Peterhead market
PETERHEAD FISH MARKET PRICES Monday 2124.09.2018 Boats 14 Consignments 4 Boxes 8131 Cod Large £3.50 – £5.80 Cod Medium £3.40 – £4.40 Cod Selected £3.20 – £3.55 Cod Small £1.40 – £2.90 Haddock Large £3.00 – £3.30 Haddock Medium £3.00 – £3.40 Haddock Selected £3.20 – £3.70 Seed £3.00 – £3.80 Chippers £1.80 – £2.50…
Read MoreAKVA barges for Grieg growth in Canada
AKVA group is to supply Canadian salmon farmer Grieg NL with at least eight feed barges, as well as feed systems. Grieg recently won clearance to proceed with its planned $250 million project in the Placentia Bay area of Newfoundland, following an environmental review by the Supreme Court. The development is expected to create 250…
Read MoreBakkafrost seeks cause of 750,000 dead fish
BAKKAFROST last night reported the death of hundreds of thousands of fish at one of its salmon farming sites on the Faroe Islands, with the precise cause still unknown. However, it is beginning to look as if the spread of a potentially harmful algae could be at the heart of the problem which has so…
Read MoreSandberg launches seafood business
PER Sandberg, who resigned as Norway’s fisheries minister last month over a controversial holiday to Iran, is planning to start his own company – and, unsurprisingly, it is connected to seafood. He will work with his girlfriend, Bahareh Letnes, a former Miss Iran, who already has her own fish business. According to the company register…
Read MoreSalmon sector in dark over Holyrood probe
THE salmon farming industry in Scotland continues to await the outcome of a parliamentary report into its future, following three sessions of a Holyrood committee that have been conducted in private. The Rural Economy and Connectivity (REC) committee, which began its inquiry into the salmon sector in March this year, has met every Wednesday morning…
Read MoreFarm plan opposed by Jura deer stalker
PLANS by Kames Fish Farming to build the first fish farm off the Isle of Jura’s uninhabited west coast are being opposed by campaigners. Kames submitted its proposals to Argyll and Bute Council earlier this month, after withdrawing an application late last year to site a farm in the Sound of Jura. The company is…
Read MoreFriday, September 21, fish prices from Lerwick market
FISH MARKET PRICES SHETLAND WEEKLY TOTAL – 6345 Boxes Friday 21st September 2018 6 BOATS LANDED 937 BOXES Venturous, Arcturus, Defiant, Mizpah, Courageous, Dawn Mist SPECIES GRADE VOLUME MAXIMUM AVERAGE kgs PRICE PRICE £ per kg £ per kg CATS COD 1 1655 4.56 4.14 COD 2 9540 4.52 4.25 COD 3 2340 4.20 4.05…
Read MoreFriday, September 21, fish prices from Peterhead market
PETERHEAD FISH MARKET PRICES Friday 21.09.2018 Boats 4 Consignments 1 Boxes 2220 Cod Large £3.80 – £6.00 Cod Medium £3.80 – £4.10 Cod Selected £3.00 – £3.40 Cod Small Haddock Large £3.00 – £3.50 Haddock Medium £3.00 – £3.50 Haddock Selected £3.40 – £3.50 Seed £3.00 – £3.50 Chippers £2.20 – £2.50 Metros £1.50 –…
Read MoreFish Update Briefing, Friday, September 21
LOBSTERS LIVING THE ‘HIGH LIFE’ A RESTAURANT on the east coast of the United States is sedating its lobsters with a form of cannabis in an effort to dull the pain of being steamed alive. Charlotte Gill, who runs the popular Charlotte’s Legendary Lobster Pound in Southwest Harbour, Maine, told the local Mount Desert Islander…
Read MoreThursday, September 20, fish prices from Lerwick market
FISH MARKET PRICES SHETLAND Thursday 20th September 2018 7 BOATS LANDED 1660 BOXES Copious, Prolific, Alison Kay, Kjelsvik, Starlight Rays, Aurora, Resilient SPECIES GRADE VOLUME MAXIMUM AVERAGE kgs PRICE PRICE £ per kg £ per kg CATS 406 3.12 3.11 COD 1 1685 4.28 4.03 COD 2 8401 4.53 3.97 COD 3 4300 3.77 3.74…
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