Fresh processor hopes Icelandic takeover can open opportunities
Since its takeover by Icelandic Group in February, Ny-Fiskur has invested in upping quality and automation, in bid to reverse last year's trend of falling whitefish prices, and hopes new owners will open doors to export beyond Belgium
Havfisk names new CEO
Webjorn Barstad will be replacing Olav Holst-Dyrnes at head of Rokke-owned Norwegian whitefish catcher
Icelandic Group looks to up provenance branding for retail, mulls upstream deals
CEO makes focus on provenance brand clear, as Belgian division partners with Delhaize on Iceland push and UK MD refers to possible Icelandic retail brand launch in future. Icelandic is also mulling deals in fishing and aquaculture
Saucy Fish ‘well positioned’ to grow with UK online, convenience retail boom
UK online, convenience and discount retail will increase sales £31.3bn in next five years, with Saucy Fish brand in a good spot to grow, says Icelandic Seachill MD
UK whitefish landings up 10% to highest level in 10 years
Landings of demersal fish such as haddock, cod and whiting increased by 10% between 2012 and 2013, according to latest Marine Management Organisation report
IceFish blog: Polish yard sees Danes, Norwegians placing orders; Humber group secures funds for Brussels expo
Undercurrent News is reporting live from the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition and Awards, which opens Sept. 25, in Smarinn in Kopavogur, near capital Reykjavik
Turkish yard building HB Grandi vessels aims to establish brand in fishing
Turkey’s Celiktrans Denis Insaat aims to build a brand as the 'go to' yard for fishing vessels, having won the order for three more vessels for Iceland’s HB Grandi
Domstein sells off Swedish business to processor backed by Salmar owners
Lofotprodukt, which is controlled by the Witzoe family that also owns Salmar, will take over Domstein's Swedish division, as Domstein family takes control of Norwegian activities of lossmaking processor
Sealord in talks to cut 97 jobs at ‘not economically viable’ wetfish plant
New Zealand fishing group stresses company is in stable shape as it unveils move to cut 13% of its workforce in Nelson
Oceana alleges fraudulent seafood labeling in Danish fishmongers
Investigation by NGO, in cooperation with Danish media, found that 18% of samples sold as cod were actually haddock or saithe