Shetland Seafood Auctions Ltd
1st Floor, Lerwick Fishmarket,
Lerwick, Shetland ZE1 0LL
Tel: +44 (0)1595 690185
Fax: +44 (0)1595 690189
Email: 
 
About Us

Increased fish landings and improved prices

 

The introduction of the electronic auction

 SSAIMG_1919resized2

In August 2003 the new electronic auction was introduced in Shetland. The flexibility of the system allows buyers to buy direct or through a remote facility. It has increased the ease with which the industry can purchase and sell their fish. It has attracted more boats to land their fish. In 2006, 95 different boats landed, of which 73 were from Scotland, Orkney & Scandinavia. In turn, this has attracted more buyers from UK and Europe, leading to more competitive prices.  

 

White fish landings and values in Shetland since the introduction of the electronic auction 

 

The volume of white fish landed in 2006 has increased 15% and a value growth of 42% on the previous year.  This increase demonstrates the significant progress that the auction development has made despite the overall decline in the white fish catching sector.

 

Year Value Landed Tonnage Landed
2007 £19.5m 12,969
2006 £16.5m

11,344

2005 £11.6m 9,850
2004 £8.9m 8,965

 

 


The quality and presentation of fish on the market

 

SSAIMG_2018resized2

Shetland Seafood auctions considers that the quality and accurate presentation of the fish on the market is paramount.  An onshore weighing and grading service providing accurate box weights for high value species, such as monks, cod, lemon, sole, megrims, halibut, turbot and squid is now in place and has resulted in improved prices.  It has also led fishermen to recognise the increased return in bringing their catches to market at the peak of freshness.

 

Advanced landing information 

Advance landing information is made available on a daily basis, up to 18 hours before each day's market, on the "Landings" page of this web site. The system allows buyers to plan what they are going to buy, well in advance of the market itself. The information includes the names of each boat landing; the total number of boxes to be landed by each boat and the number of boxes split by species and grade.

 

Daily Fish Prices

Upon completion of each daily auction, a spreadsheet is updated with the day's maximum and average white fish prices for each species and grade. This information can be accessed via the "Daily Fish Prices" page on this web site. We also show the total number of boxes actually landed each day and the names of the boats which landed their fish. The weekly total of boxes landed is shown each Friday.

Daily Fish Prices

We have added a new page "Daily Fish Prices". You can download an Excel spreadsheet showing the Maximum and Average daily prices achieved for each species and grade of white fish landed by fishing boats in Shetland.

 

Click here...

Latest News

Would you like to be in a position to sell superior quality farmed seafood before the fish have been harvested and all at the click of a button?

 

Yes, it really is that easy!  We've developed an online system for selling farmed seafood, and now remote selling of farmed seafood via our website couldn't be simpler.

 

Read more...

Login Privacy Statement  © 2005 Designed by Shaw Marketing and Design Ltd   Terms Of Use powered by OctEportal