Fish Update Briefing Friday July 3
THERE is fish for free in North Carolina tomorrow – July 4, American Independence Day. But only if you catch it yourself. Residents of the state can fish in any […] Continue Reading
Iceland to raise cod and haddock quotas
MORE cod and haddock will be coming from Icelandic waters over the next fishing quota year. Iceland’s influential Marine Research Institute (MRI) has recommended that the cod quota be raised […] Continue Reading
Fish Update Briefing for Friday June 19
Fish education scheme to expand THE Seafood Nutrition Partnership, a non-profit organisation whose mission is to educate Americans about the critical health and nutritional benefits of seafood, is expanding its […] Continue Reading
‘Billingsgate of the north’ gets go ahead
AMBITIOUS plans for a multi-million pound fish and food park in Fleetwood have been given the green light, it was announced yesterday. Jubilant Fleetwood MP Eric Ollerenshaw, who has campaigned […] Continue Reading
A ground-breaking agreement for non-EU national crew in the fishing sector
several months of negotiations, the tuna company Albacora, the UGT and the global trade union, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), today signed the first collective agreement covering non-European Union […] Continue Reading
Smokehouse achieves another Grade A
ONE of the last remaining traditional smokehouses and Scotland’s oldest commercial producer of traditional Scottish smoked Scottish salmon, John Ross Jr, has once again received the Grade A Global Standard […] Continue Reading
Nomad in talks with Findus
NOMAD Holdings Ltd, which recently acquired Iglo, the owners of Birds Eye Frozen Foods in the UK, is reported to be in talks with Findus. But any deal is unlikely […] Continue Reading
Special day to champion fish and chips
AN annual National Fish and Chip day will be launched this Friday (June 5), with outlets across the UK honouring the event. The yearly celebration, championed by the National Edible […] Continue Reading
Seafood plant goes under the hammer
AN award winning Grimsby seafood company’s plant, machinery and equipment go under the auctioneer’s hammer – just three weeks after it went out of business. Mariner Foods, based in a factory […] Continue Reading