Editor’s choice: Fisher King initiates sale process; Maruha, CDQs buy Icicle assets
Neil Ramsden, EMEA editor of Undercurrent, brings you a roundup of the main stories from the previous week
Week six to see Norway, Chile, Scots salmon all strengthen in price
Salmon farmed in Norway, Chile and Scotland all look set to strengthen in price for week six of 2022, with demand good and supplies limited
Icelandic surveys suggest this season’s capelin quota will drop 100,000t
Surveys conducted through the second half of January suggest that the spawning stock stands at 1.1m metric tons, which would mean a quota of around 800,000t
Norway’s pelagic exports drop for January, capelin fishing off Iceland remains tough
Exports of herring were down 46% in volume terms for January, with mackerel down 39%, due to lower catches year-on-year
Another sustainability exec leaves Thai Union, joins XpertSea
Roxanne Nanninga was senior director of sustainability at Thai Union for over four years, working under Darian McBain, who left the company last summer
UK ‘women in fisheries’ network launches
'Women work as female fishermen, in fisheries associations, they are fleet managers, policymakers and charity workers', the organization stated
Slow catches, strong demand drive H&G cod prices toward $5,000/t for China
Prices for H&G Atlantic cod are continuing to increase, with fishing slow and demand strong; the current level is the highest the price has been since 2008.
Hofseth Biocare sees record orders at start of Q1 despite deepening losses
Although gross operating revenue grew to NOK 87.6m last year, the firm reported a growing operational loss of NOK 115.9m
Fishing bodies urge EU to protect coastal jobs in Med
Officials from the Directorate-General on Maritime Affairs and Fisheries did not attend the meeting of the Social Dialogue Committee for Sea Fisheries
No parties happy as Scotland surprises fishing sector with cod protections
The Scottish government had made changes to fishing regulations designed to protect cod stocks, and these went down poorly with fishermen; the changes have since been rolled back
