UK Fisheries -- formerly a 50/50 joint venture between Iceland's Samherji and Dutch giant Parlevliet van der Plas (P&P), now Alda and P&P — saw its earnings double in 2022 driven primarily by "unprecedented" high fish prices during the year.

Hull-based UK Fisheries is the owner and operator of the UK's last distant-water whitefish trawler, Kirkella, catching and supply frozen at sea (FAS) cod and haddock to supply British fish and chip shops.

During 2022, UK Fisheries' operating profit surged 86 percent to £14.3