The Hirtshals fish auction comes under new management as of 1st January next year. The current management, Fiskeauktion Nord, and the company taking over, the fishermen-owned Fiskernes Fiskesortering, had been…
Prices are down by 15-20% at the Gothenburg auction in Sweden, where business continues as usual – with precautions. According to the auction’s managing director Roger Thilander, nothing has changed…
The turmoil generated by the Covid-19 pandemic and uncertainty over access to European markets has left one Newlyn crew owing money on the boat's expenses after a landing failed to…
Fishing industry organisations in the South-West of England have been in discussion with the three auctions of Brixham, Newlyn and Plymouth, which have so far been able to function as…
Sydney Fish Market kicked off a 36-hour seafood marathon with a record-breaking auction on 23rd December. The record sale of $1.4 million worth of fresh seafood signalled strong consumer demand…
Next Monday will see the last traditional shout auction take place in Brixham as the new could-based Kosmos system will be in operation from Tuesday 4th of June onwards, bring…
The New South Wales seafood industry will be showcased via a spectacular new Sydney Fish Market design which was unveiled this week. Welcoming the NSW Government’s announcement of the design by renowned Danish architects 3XN, Sydney Fish Market general manager Bryan Skepper says it is a great way to celebrate a beloved institution.
Following extensive refurbishment of the Newlyn Fish Market by ProjectLink, phase one is now open and trading, with the first sales taking place in the revamped part of the building last week.
An initiative to bring fish from Morocco to the French port of Lorient was announced at the Itech’Mer exhibition, currently taking place in Lorient. The first trial shipments of groundfish species from Safi in Morocco have been sent and sold on Lorient’s auction. Only the unusually large sizes of the Moroccan fish indicated that it was anything out of the ordinary.
The European Association of Fish Producers Organisations held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Knokke-Heist, Belgium at the end of September, hosted by local member Rederscentrale. The UK’s expected departure from the European Union was one of the key subjects discussed at the meeting.