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Seachill drives up meat group's sales and profits
SEACHILL has helped to drive up the sales and profits of its new owner Hilton Foods, the half year results for 2018 have confirmed. The meat group Hilton, which has a global reach, paid £80-million for the Grimsby based seafood processor and owner of the successful Saucy Fish brand, in November last year. It has…
Read MoreGo-ahead at last for Grieg Newfoundland project
GRIEG has finally received clearance to proceed with its planned $250-million aquaculture project in the Placentia Bay area of Newfoundland. As part of the project, Grieg NL Nurseries, part of the Norwegian owned Grieg group, wants to farm salmon off the coast near the town of Marysport. It had received approval, but following objections from…
Read MoreKing crab wears export crown
KING crab has become the latest seafood fashion from Norway, with catches continuing to make its fishermen big money, according to the latest exports figures from the Norwegian Seafood Council. Not only has the supply of this giant creature increased, but exports shot up by 71 per cent last month and they now account for…
Read MoreCanadian seafood fraud reaches "alarming rate" – survey
THE number of fish fraud cases across Canada has now reached “alarming” levels, according to a leading environmental organisation. And it is diners who frequent the country’s restaurants who among those being ripped off the most. The group, Oceana Canada, says it has carried out its latest and most comprehensive survey so far, collecting 382…
Read MoreChinese tourists flocking to Yorkshire chippy
A fish and chip restaurant in North Yorkshire has decided to published its menu in Mandarin and Cantonese after receiving scores of Chinese visitors during the past few months. They have been coming in coachloads to Scotts Fish and Chips at Bilbrough near the historic city of York which in itself has been attracting thousands…
Read MoreFrench and UK boats clash in 'scallop war'
FRENCH and British fishermen have clashed in a series of stone and flare throwing incidents off the coast of Normandy in a fresh row over scallops. According to French TV reports, up to 40 fishing vessels had set off from three French Channel ports, Trouville-sur-Mer, Port-en-Bessin and Ouistreham to confront around five British vessels. The…
Read MoreYoung's planned to close Pinneys a year earlier – claim
YOUNG’S was planning to close the Pinneys salmon site at Annan a year before it officially announced the decision, the Scottish Secretary David Mundell has claimed. The senior Conservative told the Sunday Post in Scotland at the weekend that he believed the the closure was used to help get the business ready for an eventual…
Read MoreISA outbreak hits NRS Q2 results
NORWAY Royal Salmon said today that costs involved in dealing with an outbreak of ISA (Infectious Salmon Anaemia) at one of its northern region sites has had a “significant impact” on its second quarter results. CEO Charles Høstlund also warned that that it could also affect the estimated volumes for the whole of 2018. The company…
Read MoreSearch for missing fishermen called off after bodies found
A SEARCH for two fishermen missing after their vessel sank in the southern North Sea at the weekend was called off last night after bodies were found. Three other crew members from the same trawler were saved after being picked earlier up by a a passing cruise liner, the Pacific Princess which had spotted a…
Read MoreFish friers warn against harsh immigration policy
THE British Takeaway Campaign, which includes most of the country’s 11,000 fish and chip outlets, has warned the government that the sector faces an acute skills shortage if it introduces too harsh an immigration policy after Brexit. Responding to the latest migration figure, the Campaign chairman Ibrahim Dogus, said labour shortages were already having an impact on…
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