A Day In The Life Of: Fastline Shellfish director Darren Kenyon
15th February 2024
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Fishermen’s Mission charity returns to Grimsby docks
13th June 2023
Following an absence of nearly a decade, the Fishermen’s Mission will once again have a presence on Grimsby docks after being gifted office space by a local business. WE1 Heritage, which restores heritage buildings in the town, offered the charity…
New Grimsby art exhibition explores Iceland links
22nd May 2023
A new art exhibition exploring Grimsby’s relationship with Iceland through ‘conflict, co-operation and fish and chips’ has opened at the Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre. The ‘Friends, Foes and Good Companions’ exhibition, by award-winning artist Olivier Kugler and writer Andrew Humphreys,…
Economic link landing into Grimsby
29th March 2023
The Wiron 6, one of the two small pelagic freezer trawlers operated through a subsidiary of the North Atlantic Fishing Company, which also operates the largest freezer trawler on the UK register, made another landing into Grimsby last week, its…
Factory closure of large processor ‘due to Brexit and high prices’
1st December 2022
In another sign of the turmoil created in the seafood sector by the combination of Brexit, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the cost of living crisis, the Icelandic owner of Grimsby processing company Five Star Fish has announced the…
New film features Grimsby’s ‘three-day millionaires’
9th November 2022
A ‘rollicking black comedy’ about a thrill-seeking young Grimsby fisherman and his friends premieres in the town next week ahead of its nationwide release, reports Paul Scott. The film, Three Day Millionaire, was shot entirely in Grimsby and premieres on…
Seafood export drive hosts Thai buyers
8th November 2022
A delegation of buyers from Thailand visited Peterhead and Grimsby at the end of October as part of a trip designed to boost exports of UK seafood. They were shown around Peterhead fishmarket before meeting with different vendors and attending…
Festival of the Sea returns to Grimsby
4th August 2022
Grimsby’s maritime heritage was celebrated last month with the return of the town’s Festival of the Sea, reports Paul Scott. Grimsby’s Festival of the Sea returned to the town last month. The event, produced by Grimsby-based events organisation The Culture…
Grimsby mural to celebrate fishing heritage
14th July 2022
A new mural depicting the town’s fishing history is underway in Grimsby, reports Brian W Lavery. Hull-based artist Andy Pea – the man behind many of that city’s murals – was chosen to create the new artwork, which got underway…
Lack of cod and larger haddock fuel record prices on Grimsby market
26th October 2021
The combination of reduced landings from the Kirkella, a lack of product available from other distant-water fleets, and the glut of very small haddock on the grounds seen by the Scottish whitefish fleet – too small for the UK fish…
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