
FISHupdate briefing
NORWEGIAN AND ICELAND TRAWLER CHIEFS MEET UP MEMBERS of the Norwegian Fishing Vessel owners association (Fiskebat) recently met their sister organisation from Iceland, known as LIU, to talk over a […] Continue Reading
NORWEGIAN AND ICELAND TRAWLER CHIEFS MEET UP MEMBERS of the Norwegian Fishing Vessel owners association (Fiskebat) recently met their sister organisation from Iceland, known as LIU, to talk over a […] Continue Reading
GRIMSBY hopes to take its acclaimed traditional smoked fish brand directly to Iceland next year. And it may also set up a collaboration with the University of Iceland which is working on […] Continue Reading
FISHING is a lot more than simply pulling fish out of the sea and selling it, visitors to the IceFish Expo in Reykjavik were told. HB Grandi’s marketing manager, Brynjólfur Eyjólfsson, […] Continue Reading
STATISTICS published today by Scotland’s Chief Statistician show that the value of fish landed by Scottish vessels in 2013 decreased by nine per cent in real terms from 2012, following […] Continue Reading
THE Marine Conservation Society is urging the public to avoid eating wild caught UK salmon, but at the same time has revealed better news for mackerel, herring and halibut stocks. […] Continue Reading
EUROPEAN proposals for a blanket ban on drift net fishing appear to have been put on the back burner, although the threat has still not totally gone away. That’s the […] Continue Reading
SEIGLA introduce the newbuild Óli á Stað at the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition. The vessel is an Auto-longliner for Stakkavík ehf, Iceland, and is formally to be delivered at the Icelandic […] Continue Reading
FOLLOWING the No vote in the Scottish referendum, Leslie Tait, chairman of Shetland Fishermen’s Association, urged the two sides to put their differences aside and work with the fishing industry […] Continue Reading
CHINA TOLD NORWAY WHOLE SALMON ‘PERFECTLY SAFE‘ THE Norwegian Seafood Council has challenged mainland China’s ban on imported whole salmon from Norway, maintaining the fish was safe to eat. The seafood council […] Continue Reading