Cod the star of Norwegian exports
COD has become the new star in Norway’s seafood export performance so far this year. During the first four months of 2018, the country exported 927,000 tonnes of seafood of […] Continue Reading
Lidl joins seafood disclosure project
THE retailer Lidl has become the first major discounter to publish a full public profile list of all the sources of its wild caught seafood on the Ocean Disclosure Project (ODP) website. […] Continue Reading
Stranraer Oyster Festival secures funding
THE second edition of an oyster festival in south west Scotland has secured nearly £50,000 of National Lottery funding, the BBC reported this morning. The event, which started last year, […] Continue Reading
Norway enjoys best ever cod period
NORWAY has enjoyed its best ever quarter for overseas sales of cod which reached a total export value of more than three billion kroners (£273.5 million). It is also finding […] Continue Reading
Fuel cost threat to fishing profits – survey
THE UK fishing fleet earned a record £950 million last year as the volume of landings rose by 10,000 tonnes. However, the figures, compiled by Seafish, also show that higher fuel […] Continue Reading
UK ‘could be open to quota trade-offs’
BRITAIN could be open to trading off some of its fishing rights after Brexit by allowing European trawlers into its waters, the chancellor, Philip Hammond, has suggested. Asked during an […] Continue Reading
CFP -tactical concession or capitulation?
A TACTICAL concession or capitulation? That was the provocative question posed last night by the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) following the news that the UK will remain in the Common Fisheries […] Continue Reading
Grimsby ‘will meet Brexit challenges’
THE head of Grimsby Fish Market said the port has the ability and determination to overcome whatever challenges leaving the European Union next year will throw up. In a spirited […] Continue Reading
Fishermen welcome support for CFP exit
FISHERMEN’S leaders have welcomed the commitment from two cabinet ministers and the leader of the Scottish Conservatives to leaving the Common Fisheries Policy in March 2019. In a joint statement, […] Continue Reading