ANNONCER
HB Grandi pelagic vessel Lundey NS suffered minor damage after grounding while fishing for herring off Hofsstadavogur in Breidafjördur on Sunday morning.
A workshop titled “New technology for the Nordic fishing fleet: Fishing gear and effective catch handling” will be held in Reykjavik, Iceland, on October 1st & 2nd 2013.
Mackerel production at HB Grandi’s Vopnafjördur factory as been running at full speed recently. The factory normally employs a staff of 120 to 150 people, and sometimes even more when things are really busy.
There have been some changes made to the organisational structure of HB Grandi. Their object is to shorten communication channels between the fishing and processing facets of the company and to further clarify policies as regards certain important aspects in the operation of the company.
As of today, consumers in Iceland will be able to buy fish products bearing the MSC label.
Iceland is currently experiencing an environmental disaster affecting herring in the domestic fjords, has lost about 50,000 tonnes of herring in a short time.
The head of the organization that promotes the interests of the Icelandic fishing fleet, has provided a detailed attack on his government’s plans for reform of the quota management system.
According to Icelandic Statistics, the number of fishing vessels had increased by 35 compared to the previous year.
The threat of EU sanctions against Iceland, in continuation of the conflict with the North Atlantic mackerel, have little or no influence on the Icelandic fishing industry at all.
Valka has formally released new X-ray guided water jet cutting machine that has been in development for some time. The machine gives fish processors opportunity to substantially improve throughput and yield using fewer workers when trimming and portioning fish fillets.