Archive for February 2019
Tuesday, February 5, fish prices from Grimsby market
FISH PRICES TUESDAY 5th FEBRUARY 2019 TOTAL BOXES FOR SALE: 1758 TODAY KILOS: 87900 WE DO NOT BUY OR SELL FISH THIS IS A ROUGH GUIDE ONLY – Prices are in £ per kilo Vessels Overland Norwegian Icelandic Other – 73 – 1599 86 SPECIES Size Low High Low High Low High COD 1 XL…
Read MoreTuesday, February 5, fish prices from Lerwick market
FISH MARKET PRICES SHETLAND Tuesday 5th February 2019 2 BOATS LANDED 259 BOXES Sharyn Louise, Radiant Star SPECIES GRADE VOLUME MAXIMUM AVERAGE kgs PRICE PRICE £ per kg £ per kg CATS COD 1 COD 2 131 3.68 3.44 COD 3 78 3.00 2.84 COD 4 33 2.87 2.87 COD 5 41 2.24 2.14 COD…
Read MoreNorway exports off to flying start
NORWEGIAN seafood exports got off to a strong start in the New Year with revenues last month increasing by almost a billion kroner – or £90.5 million. The country exported 200,600 tonnes of seafood worth NOK 8.6 billion (£778.3 million), a four per cent decline in volume, but an increase of NOK 992 million or…
Read MoreNorway rocked by French TV claims
NORWAY’S seafood industry has been jolted by a French TV documentary which claims that fish, mainly cod, being sent to China for processing is returning to Europe, including the UK, full of water and chemicals. The programme, titled ‘Mollo sur le cabillaud? (literally, Easy on the cod), shows how after the fish arrives in China…
Read MoreFish farm carbon footprint among lowest
THE carbon footprint of fish farming in Iceland is lower than most other forms of food production, a detail scientific study has established. The study was requested by the Icelandic Aquaculture Federation and prepared by the Icelandic Environmental Consultancy, or Environice. It found that in one year – 2017 – the total carbon dioxide (Co2)…
Read MorePredator nets help cut seal culling
SCOTTISH Sea Farms has released its seal culling figures for the past year, which show a drop of 31 per cent on 2017, from 16 to 11. The company, which has 45 salmon farms around Scotland’s west coast and islands, has installed Sea Pro anti-predator netting, supplied by W&J Knox, at 21 of its farms…
Read MoreFishupdate Briefing Friday February 1st
TURNING FISH WASTE INTO PROFIT A ‘Fish Waste for Profit’ conference is to run alongside the IceFish Exhibition in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik for the first time. Estimates reveal that 43 per cent of fish and shellfish resources end up as wastage, which represents a significant amount of potential profit that could be generated…
Read MoreDawnfresh plans four new farms, 36 jobs
SCOTTISH trout farmer Dawnfresh is to expand its operations, with plans for four new offshore farm sites, creating an extra 36 jobs in the west of Scotland. The company, which is the UK’s largest producer of farmed trout and already employs more than 500 people, is to invest £16 million in growing its farming business.…
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