Land: Faroe Islands

This year, one of the most succesful trawls in the history of trawl making has its 20 year anniversary.

Nearly 100 people who were on board a vessel which caught fire have been rescued from life rafts.
The Athena, a factory fishing ship, had 111 people on board when the fire started 230 miles south west of the Isles of Scilly in the Atlantic.
A cargo vessel has rescued 98 crew members in the rafts. There are no reports of any injuries.

Some time ago Vónin launched a large pelagic trawl that was intended for pair trawling. At that time the “Tróndur í Gøtu” (now “Pacific Hunter”) got one and it was mainly used for Herring fishery in Smuthavet. The performance of the trawl was quite extraordinary, and the catches were 5 to 6 times higher than towing with one vessel using trawl doors.

Erik Mikkelsen and Jan Bjerre Christensen, Hanstholm, have both bought an OILWIND Autoline System for their boats.

On Thursday June 10th, the Norðborg KG 689 berthed in Klaksvík for discharging her catch of frozen Herring which was caught east of Iceland.

On the 10th of April the pair-trawlers m/v Fram and m/v Vestmenningur began their season for Silver Smelt (Argentine). Since then they have made 14 trips and caught 3.900 tons.

Vónin’s pelagic department is based in one of the busiest harbours in the Faroe Islands, the port of Fuglafjørður. When mentioning the pelagic fishery in the North Atlantic Ocean the location must be considered to be extremely central.

The fantastic flexipanel was invented and developed to the fish farming industry a few years ago by Johnson Seafarms Ltd. Shetland.