Icelandic pelagic and whitefish catcher caught 41,000t of blue whiting in second quarter of the year, as operating profit rose despite lower revenues

Family waives condition of 90% acceptance for its takeover offer, as it fails to muster the threshold by the end of its twice-extended tender offer

Environmental NGOs have had upper time in Brussels for too long, says whitefish head Mike Park, who is joining Blue Fish as vice-president

Family extends deadline to take up its takeover offer to end of August, citing low response from shareholders and consequent failure to reach 90% acceptance needed, which it puts down to holiday season

Scientists advised a TAC limit of 80,000 for saithe in 2015, or 72,000t when taking account discards that they estimate could reach 10% of catches. But a lack of data could lead to requests for an updated advice in the autumn

Citing the start of the holiday period in Norway, family pushes back deadline for tender offer to end of July, after failing to reach 90% acceptance needed

Those who have kept close eye on Icelandic fishing industry will be aware that the fleet is an elderly one and the average vessel age is now just under 30 years, says Icelandic fishing group

By Tom Seaman

UK processor is making big investments in some of its Scottish sites to move chilled whitefish processing from Grimsby to Fraserburgh, with a change in management as a result

Kjelstrup & Wiggen Consulting will issue fairness opinion on Domstein family's unsolicited cash offer of more than $6m to acquire the Norwegian whitefish processor

By Eva Tallaksen

Acquisition of Dhellemmes trawlers is part of reorganization and diversification of France's largest fishing fleet, as it needs to adapt to partial end of deep-sea trawling