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Imported Iceland fresh cod fillet sales to US soar nearly tripling purchases to 936t, up from 355t a year ago

Overall fresh fillet exports from Iceland nearly doubled over first six months of the year, driven by huge increase in sales to the UK and US. The UK more than doubled its imports of Icelandic fresh fillets from January to the end of June 2013, importing 1,107 metric tons of finished products, compared to 490t at the same time last year, show figures from a Seafood Intelligence Report on Icelandic cod by the Icelandic consultancy, Marko Partners. more@undercurrent 08:54

Fishing’s decline looms; will fish consumers notice?

GLOUCESTER, Mass. — His city’s best fishing days are long past it, but lifelong Gloucester resident Ron Gilson still sees what once was when he drives past what remains. “This is the lowest point,” he declared on a(AP Photo/Charles Krupa) February day. “Tomorrow will be lower.” “They’re (govt) going to wipe it out!” said Gilson. “The only thing that’s going to be the same is the ocean you’re looking at.” In May, New England’s fishermen will again see a cut to the number of fish they can catch, this time so deeply that the historic industry’s existence is threatened from Rhode Island to Maine. But as hard as the cuts are likely to hit fishing communities, local seafood eaters may not notice at all. In the region’s markets, grocery stores and restaurants, imported fish dominate, and the cuts make that less likely to change. Read more