The depressing result was that both the Grimsby and Hull markets had little fish yesterday, although the situation will improve today with the arrival of the container ships from Iceland. This is the third weekend in the past month that weather has delayed or interrupted fish supplies. With further gales predicted later this week, few are hoping for any significant turn around in the immediate future.

Merchants are expecting prices to remain on the high side. Leading supplier M&J Seafoods said they should  have cod supplies from both Scotland and Iceland, but have warned that prices remain unpredictable and were likely to rise. There was a similar situation with haddock.

However, on a brighter note M&J reported that there were good supplies of farmed halibut and turbot from Norway and prices should remain fairly stable.

While there no problems with Norwegian farmed salmon at present,  the weather was affecting Scottish supplies  which could lead to the  cancellation of harvests.  It is not just northern waters being hit by bad weather. M&J said tuna supplies  from the southern oceans were likely to be short again this week due to poor landings and prices were currently running 33 per cent higher than a year ago.

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