Peterhead Has Record Year as Europe's Busiest Whitefish Port
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Press and Journal] by Keith Findlay - January 3, 2018
Europe’s busiest white-fish port has enjoyed another record year for landings.
While Peterhead’s full-year figures are still to be confirmed, they are expected to show 175,000 tonnes of fish and other seafood worth a total of £198million landed in the Blue Toon during 2017.
In 2016, which was also a record-busting year, 165,438 tonnes of fish and shellfish worth £183.3 million were landed.
The total weight and value of landings during the first 11 months of 2017 - 67,655 tonnes worth £187.4million - eclipse the full-year figures for 2016.
Peterhead Port Authority (PPA) interim chief executive John Wallace said: “By all accounts, the fish landings ... for 2017 ...
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