By Tom Seaman

Icelandic cod prices at close to record levels on auctions, with haddock also high; prices for saithe, redfish and plaice drop in week 42, however

By Tom Seaman

Undercurrent News has teamed with Reiknistofa fiskmarkadi to add 40 price sets for fish sold on Icelandic auctions to its data portal

Norway's government has set the 2022 quota at 197,212t, down marginally from 2021's allowed catch of 197,779t

Saithe clipfish exports also saw a boom, with the NSC noting improved economies in Africa after 2020's COVID-prompted shutdown

After a 50% cut in 2020 and a further cut for 2021, Scotland's industry faces 'an unnecessarily difficult situation' for a stock that is virtually impossible to avoid in mixed fisheries

By Matilde Mereghetti

About 20% of France's fishery production comes from the UK's exclusive economic zone, for a value of approximately €161 million

Export values for both fresh and frozen cod fell by 33% and 11% relative to November 2019 as low landings and reduced demand for whole fish hit both

By Dan Gibson

By sheer good timing, the Icelandic whitefish processor installed a new frozen processing line for retail at the very start of the pandemic

Forecasts from the Groundfish Forum project global whitefish catches will rise by 4.3% to 7.569 million metric tons in 2021

Despite a challenging month for whitefish and clipfish, there are signs of recovery in other export sectors such as salted fish and shellfish, the NSC reports