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One of the Icelandic seamen’s unions, Sjómanasamband Íslands (SSÍ), has announced that negotiations with the vessel owners have come to an end without resolution.
Reykjavík police are continuing their investigation into the disappearance on Saturday of Birna Brjánsdóttir and three of the crew of a Greenlandic trawler that was docked in Hafnarfjörður at the time remain in custody.
HB Grandi’s new trawler is now halfway home from Turkey on its delivery trip to Iceland.
Icelandic police yesterday arrested two of the crew of a Greenlandic trawler, and according to subsequent reports, a third crewman has also been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a young woman in Reykjavík at the weekend.
A salmon farming operation in north-western Iceland faces a legal challenge, with a demand that permits issued, opening the way to increasing salmon production in Arnarfjörður, should be rescinded.
After months of political wrangling since elections were held back in October, a new right-of-centre government takes over in Iceland today.
Síldarvinnslan’s three fishmeal plants between them took delivery of 131,460 tonnes of raw material during 2016, a drop over the previous year when the three factories accepted 259,394 tonnes.
With Iceland’s seamen on strike and negotiations in progress, the Seamen’s Union has rejected a request from the Marine Research Institute for an exemption for research purposes.
The Icelandic Ministry of Industry and Innovation with responsibility for fisheries has mirrored Norway’s herring quota hike in setting this year’s quotas for Atlanto-Scandian herring and blue whiting.
HB Grandi’s new fresher trawler is about to be delivered this week by the Celiktrans yard in Turkey.
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