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Salmon now Iceland’s second highest seafood earner
Farmed salmon has jumped into second place as Iceland’s second most valuable seafood export, the latest official figures show, but it is still running a long way behind cod.
Read MoreNorway’s salmon price decline halted
The long decline in Norwegian fresh salmon prices has come to a halt – but only by a small margin. Statistics Norway reports that prices last week (week 28) rose by NOK 1.54 to NOK 79.78 per kilo (£5.68).
Read MoreNorwegian salmon prices down again as competition intensifies
Fresh salmon prices in Norway were down again last week, hitting their lowest point of the year so far. But demand for the pink fish remains strong, with sales volumes also at a record for the year.
Read MoreSector welcomes new government’s commitment to growing Scottish salmon exports
Trade body Salmon Scotland has welcomed indications from incoming Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds that the newly elected Labour Government will be seeking better trade relations with the European Union.
Read MoreNorwegian salmon drops below NOK 80 per kilo
The summer slump in Norwegian fresh salmon prices shows no sign of letting up, according to the latest official figures.
Read MoreSalmon price slump halts Norway export boom
The Norwegian seafood export boom which has been making headlines for the past few years has ground to a halt. Figures from the country’s Seafood Council, published today, show that overseas sales in the first six months of this year totalled NOK 80.6 billion (£6bn) but fell by NOK 1.6 billion (£118m)
Read MoreScotland’s salmon exports hit five-year high
Scottish salmon exports in the first four months of this year were up more than a third by value, according to HMRC figures. The data, analysed by industry body Salmon Scotland, shows that the value of salmon exports was up by £65m to £250m, a 36% increase on the same period last year.
Read MoreSpain now fastest growing salmon market, says Seafood Council
Spaniards, along with their Portuguese neighbours, are developing a taste for salmon faster than other people in Europe, the latest export data from the Norwegian Seafood Council showed this week.
Read MoreNorwegian salmon prices slump
Norway’s salmon companies may be celebrating record export revenues for last month, but prices from the start of June have been dropping like a stone.
Read MoreFarmed trout exports up by more than half
Trout is becoming the fashionable new farmed fish favourite in some parts of the world, figures from the Norwegian Seafood Council show this week. Trout exports totalled a healthy 4,177 tonnes.
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