Haddock

New trials that involved keeping net-caught cod alive on board a trawler have shown promising results, with 90 percent surviving.

A new system that aims to increase the value of whitefish waste (silage) to at least six times its current value has just been launched by a Norwegian company this week.

Capturing haddock live and storing them for 24 hours in tanks prior to slaughter can dramatically improve the catch quality, according to new research.

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) appear to be fundamentally opposed over the sustainability rating of Scottish haddock.

Scottish fishermen have reacted angrily to a decision by a leading eNGO to remove haddock caught in the North Sea and the west of Scotland off a list of sustainable "fish to eat".

UK - The Scottish Fisheries Sustainable Accreditation Group (SFSAG) has entered Rockall haddock, West of Scotland haddock, hake, plaice and whiting into Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) assessment.

NORWAY - Every year 340,000 tonnes of usable whitefish by-product are discarded into the sea. But the fisheries industry has now identified ways of halting this practice.

EU - EU ministers have reached an agreement on fishing opportunities for 2017 in the Atlantic, North Sea and Black Sea, following discussions at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 12 and 13 December.

US - A drastic price increase on Atlantic Haddock finished goods could hit North American markets as early as next April, report Rob Reierson and Kyla Ganton in the Tradex Foods 3-Minute Market Insight.

GLOBAL - The 2016 China Fisheries and Seafood Expo wrapped up in Qingdao last Friday, leaving the market buzzing with pricing and supply trends for next year, reports Kyla Ganton in the Tradex Foods 3-Minute Market Insig…

GLOBAL - After a week-long national holiday, we checked in with our Chinese office to see what's on their radar at the moment, reports Rob Reierson in the Tradex Foods 3-Minute Market Insight.

UK - Four in five (80 per cent) fish and chip fans believe that all of the UKs 10,500 fish and chip shops should serve certified sustainable fish, according to research carried out by YouGov on behalf of the Marine Stewa…

NORWAY - The Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries has approved Lery Seafood Group's acquisition of shares in Havfisk and Norway Seafoods.

In order to help fishermen in south west England avoid catching haddock, Seafish has carried out promising trials of innovative low headline trawl gear.

NORWAY - Nofima is cooperating with the fishing industry to help make it possible to design a new pricing system in the primary market for whitefish.

NORWAY - An international research team has found that even brief exposure of Atlantic haddock eggs to low concentrations of dispersed crude oil can cause severe and usually deadly deformities in the developing fish.

NORWAY - Haddock is an important fish species that has its most important spawning ground in and around Norways northern Lofoten archipelago, where oil production is being planned. However, research now reveals that the …

UK - Fishermen may no longer be able to catch cod and haddock off the shores of Britain in the next century, according to a marine expert at the University of Hull.

US - North American Haddock buyers continue to search for market demand during a puzzling price floor that has lasted nearly 6 months now, writes Rob Reierson in the Tradex Foods 3-Minute Market Insight.

SCOTLAND, UK - The fish discard ban, which includes one of Scotland's key stocks - haddock, came into force on 1 January 2016.