Land: Faroe Islands

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.

For the pair trawlers that usually fish around the Faroes for whitefish like cod, saithe and haddock, the mackerel fishery is a good contribution.

On the occasion of the international aquaculture trade show Aqua Sur, to be held in Puerto Montt, Chile, 10-13 October, Faroese equipment suppliers Vónin, KJ Hydraulik and JT Electric have teamed up for a joint promotional effort.

Following the successful certification of the Faroe Islands silver smelt and cod and haddock fishery, today Maresco A/S has entered the Faroe Islands North East Arctic cold water prawn fishery into assessment for MSC certification.

For the last eight years the city of Klaksvík has been the surrounding for the annual Fisherman’s day. The idea of the event is to gather the fishermen and their families and turn spotlight on the fishing industry that means so much to the Faroese community.

The Mackerel fishery in Faroese waters calls for many different tasks. Being more or less exclusively caught by the larger pelagic vessels with 5000 horse power (HP) plus in the past, the Mackerel is now also divided onto the white fish trawlers which usually fish for Saithe, Cod and other similar species.