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  • Huge salmon run in Western Canada

    SALMON fishermen in the Canadian state of British Columbia are enjoying an unprecedented Sockeye salmon season.

    Published:  01 September, 2010
  • Contaminated cockles trigger poison seafood alert

    AN alert has gone out to seafood suppliers after more than 10 tons of cockles, thought to be unfit for human consumption, were taken illegally from the seabed on the Lancashire Coast.

    Published:  25 August, 2010
  • Icelanders buy Mexican fish farming company

    THE Lions Gate Lighting Corporation, which has a large Icelandic ownership, is moving into the fish farming business. The development stage company which started out exploring opportunities with alternate supplies of lighting products, has bought a third share in the Mexican Tuna farming company Baja Aquafarms and it hopes to take full control of the company before long.

    Published:  20 August, 2010
  • Seafood group reports big profits surge

    THE Icelandic Group, one of the world's largest seafood groups and with substantial production operations in the UK, has just announced some spectacular first half results.

    Published:  20 August, 2010
  • Spurs boss Rednapp backs Billingsgate porters

    THE Billingsgate fish porters protesting against planned changes in their work practices have an unusual ally - Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Rednapp.

    Published:  19 August, 2010
  • Tributes paid to fishing pioneer senator

    MANY tributes have been paid to United States Senator Ted Stevens who was killed in an air crash last week for his work in promoting sustainable fisheries.

    Published:  17 August, 2010
  • New Fishing Show for Scottish Fishing Industry

    Mara Media Ltd., owners of the Irish Skipper publication and the Irish Skipper Expo are delighted to announce the launch of a new fishing exhibition for the Scottish fishing & processing industry, Scottish Skipper Expo 2011, will be held on June 24 & 25, 2011 at the AECC (Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre).

    Published:  13 August, 2010
  • Tabasco® British Oyster Opening Championship 2010

    Oyster knives at the ready.... let the shucking begin!

    Published:  13 August, 2010
  • More evidence of links between fish and good health

    TWO  more reports extolling the good health - and sometimes life-saving - benefits of eating fish have just been published.

    Published:  28 July, 2010
  • Iceland opens formal EU accession talks

    THE European Union opens formal accession talks with Iceland tomorrow (tues) about full membership - but some formidable fish related  issues stand in the way.

    Published:  26 July, 2010
  • Pure free trade not suitable for fisheries - MEPs

    A RECENT European Parliament resolution has declared that the EU's fishing and aquaculture industries must not be exposed to unfair competition from imports.

    Published:  23 July, 2010
  • Social network sites can boost sales, says smoked salmon chief

    THE head of  a premium organic smoked salmon company has revealed how social networking sites like Facebook are helping to grow sales.

    Published:  19 July, 2010
  • Road opens up for big seafood festival

    THE big Dorset Seafood Festival which takes place over two days this weekend is being given priority treatment over some important roadworks.

    Published:  09 July, 2010
  • Seminar to discuss market reform

    TODAY, the European Commission is holding a large stakeholder seminar focussed on "The Reform of the Market Policy on Fishery and Aquaculture Products".

    Published:  07 July, 2010
  • Scottish Sea Farms scoops double accolade from M&S in annual Plan A awards

    Scottish Sea Farms Ltd (SSF), one of Scotland’s leading fish farming businesses and sole supplier of Lochmuir™ Salmon to Marks & Spencer was given double recognition  in M&S’ annual Plan A awards ceremony which took place at the Royal Highland Show last week (24 June 2010).

    Published:  05 July, 2010
  • Nutreco acquires Tomboy Aquafeed JSC in Vietnam

    Nutreco announced today that it has acquired 100% of the shares in Tomboy Aquafeed JSC in Vietnam, a reputable and profitable Vietnamese fish and shrimp feed company. With a number four market position, Tomboy Aquafeed is a leading player in Vietnam for shrimp. Recently it invested in a new plant and started producing feed for marine and high value fresh water species such as tilapia, barramundi, snapper and grouper. Tomboy has two plants near Ho Chi Min City and in the Long An Province and employs approximately 300 staff. Annual revenues amounted to EUR 18 million in 2009.

    Published:  05 July, 2010
  • Another step closer

    THE Scottish Salmon Company Ltd (SSC) has announced the successful completion of an exchange offer to acquire all the shares of Lighthouse Caledonia ASA (LHC).

    Published:  05 July, 2010
  • Eskil Erlandsson

    Stinking fish dish gets up EU noses

    THE old saying "Don't Cry Stinking Fish" has taken on a whole new meaning in Sweden.

    Published:  02 July, 2010
  • First whale boats set out for hunt

    IN what could become a major fishing controversy, two whaling boats have left Reykjavik in Iceland for the start of the new fin whaling season.

    Published:  30 June, 2010
  • Top US chef leads seafood lawsuit against BP

    ONE of the United States' leading chefs has issued a writ for damages against BP and related companies  for the loss of normal seafood supplies to restaurants in the Gulf region.

    Published:  29 June, 2010
  • Seafood boycott call may intensify after whale talks collapse

    NORWEGIAN and Icelandic seafood companies will be waiting nervously after international talks to ban whaling collapsed yesterday.

    Published:  24 June, 2010
  • Shetland Show a great success

    EVENT organisers and participants have heralded this year's Flavour of Shetland event on Victoria Pier, Lerwick a great success, despite the elements.

    Published:  22 June, 2010
  • Loch Fine Oysters plans fish cookery school

    LOCH Fyne Oysters is planning to open a seafood cookery school at its Cairndow base in Argyll.

    Published:  22 June, 2010
  • Whale found dead in Gulf of Mexico

    A DEAD sperm whale has been found floating 77 miles south of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

    Published:  18 June, 2010
  • Over 1 million new people eat fresh salmon

    Over 1.1million new people have ‘voted’ to eat fresh salmon over the last two years as the demand for the health-enhancing fish continues to increase.

    Published:  16 June, 2010
  • Iceland begins EU bid this week

    ICELAND's application to join the European Union will be discussed by EU leaders on Thursday - but it could be a futile exercise.

    Published:  14 June, 2010
  • They did it! Tesco Fish Team triumph!

    A team of twenty-two runners from Tesco and fish processing companies, Seachill, Farne Salmon, Cumbrian Seafoods, The Seafood Company, Thistle Seafoods and Dawnfresh took part in this year’s Edinburgh Marathon and Half Marathon raising funds for the Fishermen’s Mission.

    Published:  08 June, 2010
  • Food scientists urge women to eat more fish

    A GROUP of nutritionists is urging pregnant women to eat more fish to prevent  their children developing brain disorders in later life.

    Published:  01 June, 2010
  • £1m EFF boost for fishing projects

    GRANTS worth almost £1-million have been awarded to a number of English fishing companies from the European Fisheries Fund and Marine Management  Organisation, formerly the Marine and Fisheries Agency.

    Published:  28 May, 2010
  • Galway Students learn how to become Marine Experts on the RV Celtic Explorer

    The Marine Institute recently held an open day on board the national Research Vessel Celtic Explorer for schools from all over Galway city and county at Galway docks.

    Published:  19 May, 2010
  • US despatches top fishing scientist to Gulf

    THE United States is despatching one of its top fishing scientists to the Gulf of Mexico to establish just how serious the oil spill is to the region's fish stocks.

    Published:  13 May, 2010
  • Opportunities for Northern Ireland in global marine energy sector

    NORTHERN Ireland’s Enterprise Minister, Arlene Foster, has encouraged the local renewables sector to build partnerships and take advantage of the multi-billion pound global marine energy market.

    Published:  12 May, 2010
  • Vincent Piket

    EU relaxes ban on Asian seafood

    THE European Union is rejecting much less fish and seafood from South East Asia than a year ago, according to reports from the region.

    Published:  10 May, 2010
  • Norwegian seafood exports break new records

    THE total value of seafood exports from Norway in April totalled NOK 3.7 billion (£404 million), an increase of 10% compared to April 2009, according to the latest figures from the Norwegian Seafood Export Council.

    Published:  07 May, 2010
  • Old sailing trawlers outfished modern trawlers

    MODERN trawlers may have state of the art fish finding equipment and be more powerful than their 19th century sailing boat counterparts - but they are far less productive, according to new research just released.

    Published:  05 May, 2010
  • Relief as UK fish supplies show big improvement

    FISH supplies coming into the UK are this week showing a marked improvement after the dismal offerings of the past ten days.

    Published:  04 May, 2010
  • Sound of Canna to be surveyed

    THE undersea habitat of one of Scotland's most rare and endangered sea creatures is to be explored and charted in detail for the first time by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).

    Published:  03 May, 2010
  • Problems - but UK well placed to meet fish supply challenges

    THE Seafish Strategic Study into the cod and haddock supply chain for the UK pinpoints several areas of possible concern, but it also stresses that Britain is well placed to handle any challenges.

    Published:  27 April, 2010
  • Britons warm to prawns

    Despite the recession, volume sales of warmwater prawns have risen by 14% suggesting that their perceived image as a luxury item is changing, according to the latest retail figures from Seafish, the authority on seafood.

    Published:  23 April, 2010
  • Speculation John West fish up for sale

    THE company behind John West, Britain's best know brand of canned fish, is reported to be on the market with a price tag of around £400-million.

    Published:  20 April, 2010
  • Fish stacks up in Iceland as volcano crisis halts flights

    SEVERAL tons of fish destined for Britain are building up at Iceland's main airport with nowhere to go  because of the volcanic ash crisis. Air  freighted shipments of seafood  have been suspended  since Thursday as the whole of northern  Europe became a no flight zone due to the Icelandic volcano eruption.

    Published:  19 April, 2010
  • British Seafood owes banks £253-million

    BRITISH Seafood creditors meet tomorrow (Tues) with the  depressing news that the company owes more than a dozen banks around £253-million, some of that debt unsecured.

    Published:  19 April, 2010
  • Too much ice in US seafood - claim

    "How much ice?" is no longer just a question barmen are asking when serving cocktails. In the United States has has taken on a whole new meanting and threatens to become something of a retailing scandal.

    Published:  16 April, 2010
  • Eat more oily fish says survey

    Seafish, the authority on seafood, is strong advising the UK public that it needs to greatly increase its intake of oil-rich fish in order to achieve a healthy, balanced diet.

    Published:  15 April, 2010
  • Elin Jones

    Welsh Assembly given more powers over fishing

    THE Welsh Assembly Government has been given new powers over its fishing industry including fishing grounds half way across the Irish sea.

    Published:  15 April, 2010
  • Dutch come to Scotland to view Conservation Credits Scheme

    A Dutch delegation is in Scotland today to inspect its 'pioneering' fisheries Conservation Credits Scheme.

    Published:  14 April, 2010
  • New global seafood group moves into Grimsby

    THE international food group Towers Thompson has set up a new seafood operation in Grimsby - at the same location as one of the failed  British Seafood subsidiary businesses.

    Published:  12 April, 2010
  • Fish buyers face erratic month - report
    UK fish buyers face an uncertain month ahead  as fish supplies continue their erratic pattern of the last few weeks.

    M&J Seafoods, one of the main suppliers to the foodservice sector  say in their April market report that currency fluctuations, poor weather and the recession are combining to make life difficult.  At Grimsby over Easter  haddock reached near record  prices with one particular box auctioned for £5 a kilo..

    Cod supplies will be just about OK thanks to the start of the Irish season, but prices generally are under pressure to exchange rates and prices could climb as the summer moves in.

    Haddock supplies are extremely short especially for smaller sized fish, says the M&J report. The rising dollar against the pound sterling is also putting pressure on pollack prices. In fact the weak pound is affecting a number of key species, including tuna.
    Buyers on the Humber are becoming concerned about the fall in white fish  supplies from Iceland - its main source of fresh and frozen fish -  which seems to be sending  more cod and haddock to the United States. There are also worries that the current five per cent levy on fish exports from Iceland may be raised to 10 or 15 per cent.

    Sea bass is becoming an increasingly popular fish on British restaurant menus, but M&J says the recession is hitting Greece and Turkey - two of the main suppliers of farmed bass -  particularly badly.

    Because of this some of the financially weaker fish farms have gone to the wall which means the more financially stable farmers are holding back on harvesting until prices rose. M&J said that, for this reason, prices were likely to continue climbing over the spring and summer months.

    The situation with lemon soles and plaice,  now improving in quality, was better, says the report.

    Published:  12 April, 2010
  • Findus Group appoints Ian Hagg as CSR Director

    Findus Group, one of Europe’s largest food groups, is delighted to announce the appointment of Ian Hagg as Corporate Social Responsibility Director.

    Published:  09 April, 2010
  • New marine body pledges to become fishing champion

    THE new Marine Maritime Organisation, which last week replaced the Marine and Fisheries Agency, has pledged to be a champion of sustainable fishing and marine development.

    Published:  08 April, 2010
  • First British Seafood business is sold

    THE first of  several companies within  the failed British Seafoods Group has been brought out of administration and sold.

    Published:  06 April, 2010
  • A vision document for Scotland's seas

    A vision document for Scotland's seas was published this week by the Scottish Government.

    Published:  02 April, 2010
  • Fishermen split over use of seismic data

    Norwegian fishermen are split over the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate's acquisition of seismic data which will start off Lofoten next week. Many are opposed to the survey, claiming it is harmful to the fisheries.

    Published:  02 April, 2010
  • Norwegians to raise submarine

    The Norwegian Government has announced that the wreck of the WW2 German submarine U-864, which contains 65 tons of mercury, is to be raised, and that the contaminated seabed be covered with clean sand.

     

    Published:  02 April, 2010
  • School kids give support to healthy eating campaign as mussels top the menu

    School kids at a Scottish primary school have signalled their support to the health benefits of eating seafood by taking part in a successful trial where Scottish mussels took a starring role on the lunch menu.

    Published:  01 April, 2010
  • Norway reaching a new record in February

    High exports of salmon are highlighted as the main reason for the export of seafood from Norway reaching a new record in February, with an export value for the month of NOK 4.2 billion. This is an increase of NOK 650 million or 18.5 per cent compared with the same month last year.
    The seafood export also set a new record for the the two first months of the year, with a value of NOK 7.7 billion, up NOK 831 millon or 12 per cent compared with the two first months of 2009.

    Published:  01 April, 2010
  • Green 'first' for west coast mussels

    MUSSELS grown on the west coast of Scotland are the first in the UK to achieve the prestigious Friend of the Sea certification.

    Published:  01 April, 2010
  • Loch Lochy rescue

    Clyde Coastguard were called in to coordinate a search and rescue operation on Loch Lochy near Fort William yesterday after a 999 call reporting that three men were struggling in the water in the remote western side of Loch Lochy.

    Published:  01 April, 2010
  • Daniel "Delighted to Win".

    A BRAND new award, sponsored by the Shetland Branch of the Nautical Institute, was presented to NAFC Marine Centre deck cadet Daniel Wilson this week.

    Published:  26 March, 2010
  • FISHERMENS FEDERATION REJECTS PROPOSAL TO DOWNGRADE VITAL SOUTH-EAST RESCUE HELICOPTER SERVICE

    While welcoming the overall commitment of resources for the national Helicopter Search and Rescue (SAR) service from 2012, the Federation of Irish Fishermen today rejected as "scandalous" the reported proposal to downgrade the SAR Helicopter service based at Waterford to a daytime only service.

    Published:  16 March, 2010
  • Tuesday 9 March 2010 prices at Peterhead
    Published:  09 March, 2010
  • Archbishop of Canterbury visits Grimsby Fish Docks

    GRIMSBY Fish Docks played host to an unusual and historic visitor at the weekend - the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams.

    Published:  09 March, 2010
  • LIGHTHOUSE CALEDONIA SIGNS £3M DEAL WITH KNOX NETS

    Scotland’s largest independent salmon farming business has signed an exclusive three-year £3miliion contract for nets with Ayrshire’s W & J Knox.

    Published:  08 March, 2010
  • Thursday

    A B C D E F

    Published:  25 February, 2010
  • Lighthouse Caledonia nets £4.2 million Q4 profit

    LIGHTHOUSE Caledonia, Scotland's largest independent salmon farmer, over 30 sites in Scotland, has announced record profits for the last quarter of 2009, following a restructure of the company last year. The company made £4.2m profit before tax for Q4 2009 against a £768,600 loss for the same period the previous year.

    Published:  23 February, 2010
  • Four rescued from Saturday night sinking

    FOUR men were rescued by an RNLI all weather lifeboat on Saturday night after Milford Haven Coastguard received an emergency 999 call from a mobile phone alerting them to four men in a liferaft off Linney Head, Pembrokeshire.

    Published:  22 February, 2010
  • Major conversion by Macduff Shipyards Ltd

    Macduff Shipyards Ltd have just completed a major conversion on a former north east vessel.

    Published:  22 February, 2010
  • Grimsby fish pioneer dies

    TOMMY Rudland, one of the leading figures in the Grimsby fish trade for many years , has died aged 80.

    Published:  18 January, 2010
  • Want to stay healthy? Seafood is the answer

    EAT more seafood and boost your health has to be the message for 2008, according to an Australian expert.

    Published:  31 December, 2007
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