Former McCain Australia exec set to take helm at Sealord
Fish meet chips: Sealord is set to name the former top executive from the Australian arm of frozen giant McCain Foods as its CEO, sources told Undercurrent News
Faroes’ new plant Pelagos to open in August
Plant backed by Bakkafrost and Framherji expects to process 600t per day once in operation, focusing on mackerel at first
Icelandic vessels wrap up blue whiting season
HB Grandi reports total catches of some 40,000 metric tons
Henrik Leth: Greenland will fight for its rights to pelagic catches
Greenland's exclusion from the mackerel agreement has opened up a new ballgame, says Henrik Leth, warning of tough negotiations ahead this fall
Russia, Ukraine woes cause slow start for Austevoll-backed Pelagia
Austevoll reaped benefit of strong salmon prices and fishmeal and oil recovery in Q1, but low herring volumes and problems with exports to Russia and Ukraine see Pelagia get off to a slow start to the year
£10m pelagics boost drives 22% hike in Shetland fish landings
While Scotland's landings value fell 8%, Shetlands experienced an increase of 22% driven by near-£10m increase in pelagic landings
Norway expects challenging autumn pelagic talks ahead
The international negotiations on the key pelagic stocks this autumn will be challenging, said director general from Norwegian fisheries ministry
Former Faroe Bank chairman to lead new Faroese pelagic venture
Johan Pall Joensen appointed head of Pelagos, the new venture backed by Bakkafrost and Framherji to build the Faroe Islands' third pelagic plant for human consumption
Fresh Catch made losses of £4.5m prior to Interfish sale
Scottish pelagic processor is confident it will repay all creditors as figures show its bottom line fell by £5.5m in the financial year preceding the sale of most of its assets to a JV with Interfish
Former Yuken CEO becomes chairman at Argentina toothfish, hoki catcher
Oslo-based Ocean Harvest has appointed Alan Mackern as new chairman of its Argentina subsidiary Estremar, as its newly converted H&G trawler starts fishing for hoki and toothfish