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Shetland Catch is the largest pelagic factory of its kind in Europe. Remotely located in the wild, clean waters of the North Atlantic - we are where the fish are. This means that we can guarantee our customers worldwide the freshest frozen mackerel and herring on the market.
We wish you a Merry Xmas!! |
On behalf of all the employees of Shetland Catch, I´d like to wish all our suppliers & customers a very merry xmas and our best wishes for a happy & healthy 2010!! We thank you very much for your custom in 2009 and hope to continue our good cooperation next year.
Our mackerel season ended at the beginning of November, with the catches taken to the south west of Shetland. This is normally where the vessels would be fishing in January so we´re waiting anxiously to see where the boats will find mackerel when they go to sea in 2 weeks time.
The size of mackerel in the autumn was smaller than usual and a few Faroese vessels still catching in December have reported average sizes between 320-340gms. This will mean a lot of 200-400gms & 300-500gms being produced in January if this size persists.
There´s still no agreement between the EU, Norway & Faroe over the mackerel quota allocation. This is a very unusual situation and we´re not sure how the negotiations will continue in January and what this will mean for the mackerel fishery. There could well be restrictions on the fishery until an agreement is reached.
John Angus.
21st December 2009.
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