ONE of Britain's leading seafood suppliers has warned that cod could be in short supply and, by implication, more expensive over the next three or four months.

COLDWATER Seafood today announced the end of its Redditch site, following a consultation process with the trade union, Unite, and members of the 180-strong workforce.

A SMALL Shetland community is reeling after the only major employer in the area closed down his processing factory without warning yesterday, with the loss of two jobs.

STAVIS Seafoods, Inc., a major international importer, exporter and distributor of fresh and frozen seafood products, today announced that it has appointed Stephen Young to serve as its vice president of sales.

ISHIDA has mounted a legal challenge against the exhibiting of multihead weighers that it says infringed its patents at the Interpack trade fair in Düsseldorf.

THE first official day of summer in Iceland yesterday was heralded by good news on the economy and fishing fronts.

A NEW study by industry analysts Plimsoll Publishing has looked at how the UK slow-down is impacting on fish merchants and there are already clear signs of declining sales, it reveals.

THE European competition authorities have approved Marel Food System’s acquisition of the Stork Food Systems division of Stork N.V.

THE world's biggest seafood exhibition opened in Brussels today amid renewed optimism for the industry's future.

THE Icelandic Group, owner of Coldwater Seafoods and Seachill in the UK, is almost certain to delist from the Nasdaq OMX Nordic Exchange in Reykjavik.

THE Seafood specialist Alfesca has sold the Norwegian fish trading and exporting company Christiansen Partner in what appears to be a semi-management buyout.

WITH the notable exception of cod. the cost of fish products in Iceland has fallen slightly this winter, but Icelandic seafood products in UK and European markets are continuing to fetch near record prices, according to the latest official figures.

ALFESCA, the international seafood giant, has decided not to the buy Oscar Meyer, the UK ready meals company, because of the soaring costs of food raw material prices.

FAROE Seafood is celebrating a record landing for pair trawlers with its two new boats, Heykur and Falkur.

BRITISH Seafood Ltd has announced a multi-million pound investment at its Grimsby site as part of a major plan to increase production.

TOP honours will be up for grabs again this month at the European Seafood Exposition in Brussels as finalists jostle for pole position during the eighth Seafood Prix d'Elite New Products Competition.

UDDINGSTON-BASED processor Dawnfresh Seafoods has bought fish-processing and marketing co-operative Scot Trout for an undisclosed sum.

THE British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) is celebrating another strong performance by the fish sector.

SERIOUS problems are mounting up for the Icelandic Group, one of the world's largest seafood producers and an organisation with key operations in Britain, according to the latest financial experts.