It is National Fish and Chip Day, and Grimsby Fish Market is proud to play a vital role in helping people enjoy the finest of feasts. Haddock and cod are the primary species that are sold through the town’s iconic wholesale operation, with the many merchants buying on the traditional shout auction supplying fish and chip shops, restaurants and retailers – who in turn make sure the customer can indulge in the enduring British favourite.

Grimsby Fish Dock Enterprises has appointed a vice chair. David Flear will take on the role, as predecessor Simon Dwyer is about to become chair. The moves follow Andrew Oliver’s appointment as chief executive, with the highly regarded maritime lawyer having led the board for the past four years. Mr Flear is the son of Frank Flear OBE, a Grimsby seafood pioneer who played a major role in steering the development of Grimsby Fish Market in the early Nineties as the original c

A founding shareholder in Grimsby Fish Dock Enterprises has endorsed the direction the organisation is now taking in his first visit since Covid halted global travel. Icelandic national Petur Bjornsson founded Isberg Ltd back in the mid-Eighties, supplying North Atlantic catch into both the old and new markets – with the need for the latter the reason GFDE was formed.