Upbeat message from Icelandic ambassador
THE Icelandic ambassador to Britain made a surprise visit to the Humber Seafood Summit last night – and brought with him a message of assurance that his country’s links with […] Continue Reading
Grimsby fish champion dies aged 55
CHRIS Marks, a leading figure in the Grimsby fish trade, has died at the age of 55. He was co-director of Excel Seafoods, a company which sold and supplied an […] Continue Reading
Grimsby encouraged by Peterhead visit
THE Grimsby seafood team which travelled to Peterhead last week in search of increasing its fish supply says it is hopeful north-east Scotland will come to the rescue. Led as a joint […] Continue Reading
Grimsby asks Peterhead to send fish south
A DELEGATION from Grimsby was in Peterhead today in a bid to persuade the Scottish port to send some of its fish south. The fact finding mission, set up by Seafish, included […] Continue Reading
Grimsby may move into fish farming
GRIMSBY, for so long synonymous with deep sea fishing, could be poised to move into the fish farming business. The possibility was raised when a delegation from the group Grimsby […] Continue Reading
Grimsby seafood chief welcomes Young's move
GRIMSBY has openly welcomed the news that jobs at its Young’s Seafood operation in the town appear to be safe following the loss of its Sainsbury’s salmon processing contract to […] Continue Reading
Grimsby rocked by salmon contract loss
GRIMSBY was today reeling at the possible loss of scores of seafood jobs after Young’s announced it had lost a substantial contract to process salmon for the Sainsbury’s supermarket group. Sainsbury’s has confirmed the deal has been […] 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
Grimsby sends back fish to Iceland
IN a new twist on the old ‘Coals to Newcastle’ saying, a delegation left Grimsby today taking fish back to Iceland. And it is fish that was almost certainly caught by […] Continue Reading