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Scotland’s loss is Grimsby’s gain
CONSCIOUS of the blow to Scottish employment, Grimsby\’s seafood sector is expressing quiet diplomatic delight today at the news that Young\’s is to create 200 more jobs in the town and take over the contract to produce coated chilled and frozen fish for Marks & Spencer. Just a week ago the port town was facing a serious crisis after Five Star Fish announced…
Read MoreYoung's may cut 450 Scottish jobs
GRIMSBY based Young’s Seafood today announced that it will close part of its Scottish operation with the possible loss of some 450 jobs. The news came as the company signed three new contracts to supply M&S with chilled and frozen coated fish, natural salmon and white fish from 2018 to 2023. However, the company said…
Read More£1m project aims to save wild salmon
A PROJECT aimed at trying to halt the decline in wild salmon stocks was launched this morning on the River Garry in the Scottish Highlands. The Missing Salmon Project will track scores of fish in an attempt to uncover what has caused populations to drop by 70 per cent in the past 25 years. And…
Read MoreSeafood growth ‘just the start’
VALUE creation from Norway\’s fisheries and aquaculture sector has grown threefold in just ten years – but that is only the beginning, said Geir Ove Ystmark, managing director of Seafood Norway. Its contribution to the country\’s GDP last year was NOK 93.8 billion. Speaking recently to a Seafood Norway annual conference in Ålesund, he said this increase…
Read MoreLone UK firm battles for seafood prize
ONLY one UK company has managed to make the final list at the 2018 Seafood Excellence Global Awards in Brussels later this month. Three or four years ago, British seafood businesses were highly prominent and also took some of the top prizes. The lone flag carrier this year is Clearwater Seafoods (Europe), based in Windsor and a subsidiary of Clearwater Canada. It markets and…
Read MoreGrimsby lifeline for Five Star workers
AT least two Grimsby food businesses have offered job opportunities to some of the 390 Five Star Fish staff threatened with redundancy. The 2Sisters Food Group, Five Star\’s owner, announced last week that the business was no longer sustainable in its current form and was entering a period of consultation about the future of the site.…
Read MoreSSPO chief’s last words on Brexit
SCOTT Landsburgh, who retired as chief executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation this week, believes UK businesses can thrive beyond Brexit. In a final interview, published today on the SSPO’s website, Landsburgh reflects on Brexit and future international trade, and the implications for Scottish salmon farmers. ‘The narrowness of the Brexit result is an…
Read MoreFish Update Briefing, Thursday, March 29
SEAFOOD CONTEST ENTRIES OPEN THE search for the next generation of top culinary talent is on – as the 2018 UK Young Seafood Chef of the Year competition is now open for entries. Catering colleges from across the country have until Thursday, April 12 to enter their best young chefs for the competition, which culminates in a grand final…
Read More400 Grimsby seafood jobs set to go
FIVE Star Fish, a major supplier of seafood products to Marks & Spencer, looks poised to close its Grimsby factory and lay off almost 400 members of staff. The company said the operating was ‘heavily loss making’ and the decision had been taken because of the site\’s financial position. The statement said: ‘Five Star Fish has…
Read MoreMull man wins top apprentice award
A SCOTTISH Sea Farms employee has been named Aquaculture Learner of the Year at the Lantra Scotland Awards 2018. Alan Tangny, 30, who is based on the Isle of Mull and is undertaking a Modern Apprenticeship in Aquaculture through Inverness College UHI, was nominated for the exceptional commitment shown both to his on-site and SVQ…
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