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THE FISHING NEWS - SEPTEMBER 2021
The themes of 2021 fish supplies have been plentiful catches of large cod and poor haddock supplies throughout the year. At this time of year the scientists responsible for setting fishing quotas by species in Iceland confirm total allowable catches for the coming year. The Barents Sea quota year runs from January to December and will be confirmed in the next few months.
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Fish Update - September 2020
Throughout the Covid crisis our key frozen at sea fillet producers have continued to fish and build up stocks so that we have been able to offer a comprehensive range of finest quality cod and haddock fillets to our customers without any real interruptions.
Summer demand has been in excess of expectations since lockdown ended though overall stock levels of skinless pinbone in and skinless boneless cod and haddock remain good.
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Spot the 'Super Greens'!
Despite the ravages of that long, cold wet Winter with the result that crops were sown around four weeks later than normal our peas eventually got off to a fantastic start! All looked set for a great crop but in June, July and thus far in August, Eastern England received absolutely no rain whatsoever. The pea pods did not fill and what peas that were in them did not swell. The photographs I took from the cab of one of the combine harvesters clearly show the parched crop and the small quantity of pea pods!
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Frozen at Sea Fillet Update
It has been quite a challenging 6 months for the supply of frozen at sea fillets. The popularity of the frozen at sea format of cod and haddock is increasing with other big markets (such as UK retail) recognising the quality of these products and taking increasing volumes of the available material. This has combined with reduced Barents Sea quotas for cod and haddock and some challenging fishing conditions and poor catching.
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