Finally comes the National Fish and Chip Day

Finally comes the National Fish and Chip Day

The long-awaited (delayed) National Fish and Chip Day (NFCD) is finally coming this Friday. While this marks probably the best trading day for the industry, the critical issue chippies face is how to sustain sales after the inevitable NFCD spike, says Hans Frode Kielland Asmyhr, UK Director in the Norwegian Seafood Council market commentary.

2021 National Fish & Chip Awards cancelled due to COVID-19

2021 National Fish & Chip Awards cancelled due to COVID-19

The 2021 National Fish & Chip Awards has been cancelled due to the current situation with coronavirus in the UK which has led to many fish and chip shops and restaurants temporarily closing. The announcement was made by competition organisers Seafish, the public body that supports the £10bn UK seafood industry, says Seafish in a press release.

- Will not relocate quotas

- I will never accept that quotas are moved from the oceangoing fishing fleet, to other groups of fishing vessels. We need a varied structure in the fleet, said Minister of Fisheries Harald T. Nesvik, when he visited the Frozen at Sea-conference in Ålesund.