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People from the Faroe Marine Research Institute made a research trip with Finnur Fríði to see how big the Mackerel stock is in Faroese waters.
Fishing gear and aquaculture equipment have been Vónin’s core business, but the offshore segment is steadily becoming a more and more important part of Vónin’s business.
The MSC certificate for the Faroese Pelagic Organisation (FPO) Atlanto-Scandian herring fishery has been suspended today by certifier Det Norske Veritas (DNV).
Vónin made a company excursion for all the employees together with their families to Kallsoy, which is one of the northern islands in Faroe Islands.
Cuno Møller Jensen has been appointed as managing director at Qalut Vónin to start on 1st of September 2013.
The large Faroese trawler Slættaberg has just landed 600 tonnes of blue whiting in Klaksvik the Faroe Islands and other Faroese trawlers rigs now on to fishing.
In the summer of 2010, Danish pelagic trawler “Ruth” HG264 got two new Vónin pelagic bags for Herring and Mackerel fishing. These bags were tailored for the extreme intense fishery that many of the vessels in the North Sea are in every year. After fishing almost exclusively for Herring and Mackerel for 2½ years, they have still only got to bag no. 1!
Áki í Skemmuni organizer for the North Atlantic Fish Fair says, that until now are more than 80 companies represented at the International Fish and Maritime Exhibition, North Atlantic Fish Fair, that will take place in the Faroe Islands 9. to 11. April 2013.
In November Vónin’s pelagic team arranged a visit to SINTEF’s flume tank in Hirtshals
For the pair trawlers that usually fish around the Faroes for whitefish like cod, saithe and haddock, the mackerel fishery is a good contribution.