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,…
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…
Fancy yours with chips? Seal tenderloin is sustainable, delicious and an environmentally friendly choice, the conference was told, prior to sampling sessions for the delegates. (Photo: Canadiansealproducts.com) Keynote speakers including the head of fisheries at the UN Food and Agriculture…
Researchers from Ireland and Iceland believe that they have detected four genetically distinct clusters of Nephrops. Nephrops norvegicus are distributed through the North East Atlantic, from the coast of North Africa to southern Iceland, northern Norway and Skagerrak and, in…
Call for coastal states to work together for sustainable fishery As talks between NEAFC nations on the three shared pelagic stocks – mackerel, blue whiting and Atlanto-Scandian herring – started in London last week, parties with an interest in the…
– £1M for Scots prawn group – Millionth box of whitefish landed at Peterhead – Scientific advice for 2021 emerges on some stocks – Brexit ‘deal to be done’, says PM – Scots leaders warn PM: no-deal Brexit…
Tom Watson, who skippered the Wyre Victory FD 181 during the second Cod War of 1972-3, recalls an encounter with an Icelandic gunboat in which Britain came out best There has been a lot in the press of late linking…
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News Name: Golden Dawn FR 8 LOA: 9.99m Built: Trefjar Ltd Iceland Type: Fast potter Home port: Fraserburgh We’ll be back next week with our latest boat focus. Got…
This week in Fishing News you will find: – Bid to ditch FQAs – Gove pledges support for Scottish industry – Iceland stakes claim to Rockall waters – Stock assessments central to scallop fishery management – Plans for Donegal sea…
A programme about the so-called ‘cod wars’ with Iceland is due to be aired on BBC Radio 4 this Saturday (29 September) at 8PM (‘Archive on 4: Cod Wars Revisited’). When a country unilaterally takes back control of its waters,…
