Meet The Catch

A lot of EU Blue Whiting catch goes to fish meal factories, but all of North Atlantic Fishing Company’s catch goes directly for human consumption.

• Blue Whiting lives in the open ocean at depths of 100 – 1000 metres.
• The female produces 6,000 – 150,000 eggs.
• Often found above the continental slope, mainly at depths of 150 – 400 metres.

Horse Mackerel can be found in the north eastern Atlantic from Iceland to Senegal. We have MSC Accreditation for the Horse Mackerel stock.

• Horse mackerel is mostly caught in the waters off Scotland and Ireland, in the Gulf of Biscay and, since 1996, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Mauritania.
• The female produces up to 140,000 pelagic eggs.
• One of the most important pelagic species for the freezer-trawler fleet. Horse mackerel is a bony fish that is mostly exported to the African and Japanese markets.

Mackerel is an important food eaten worldwide. As an oily fish, it is a rich source of long-chain Omega 3 fatty acids.

• Mackerel is found in the northern part of the North Sea and west of Scotland and Ireland.
• A single female produces up to 5000 eggs.
• In October, the mackerel off the Shetland Islands becomes of importance to the fishing fleet. From there, the mackerel gradually goes south.

These oily fish are very high in long-chain omega-3 fatty acids and are a source of vitamin D. These fish are often salted, smoked or pickled after bring defrosted.

• Found at depths up to 200 metres in the North Sea, in the channel and along the borders of the Atlantic Ocean.
• A single female produces 20,000 – 50,000 eggs.
• After spawning, the low-fat herring migrates back to grounds that are richer in plankton.