Capelin freezing suspended
Freezing capelin has been brought to a halt at HB Grandi’s Vopnafjördur factory for the moment.
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Freezing capelin has been brought to a halt at HB Grandi’s Vopnafjördur factory for the moment.
The Marine Research Institute has recommended that the Minister of Fisheries increase the capelin quota for the season from 200,000 tonnes to 325,000 tonnes. This has been done following research into the size and distribution of the capelin stock earlier this month, now that the resulting data has been analysed. If the Minister follows the Institute’s recommendations, HB Grandi’s share of the capelin quota could be 44,000 tonnes this season.
Newbuilding 409 from Karstensen Shipyard in Skagen, was delivered to owners ÓS ehf on 20 December 2010.
There are six pelagic vessels now searching for pearlside in the Grindavík Deeps and according to Ingunn AK’s skipper Gudlaugur Jónsson, there isn’t much happening there. Ingunn began fishing last Saturday and catches have been from 100 to 200 tonnes per day.
A 600 tonne catch that Faxi RE docked with at Vopnafjördur on Tuesday night is now being landed and according to skipper Albert Sveinsson, these fish were caught north of Langanes. Faxi had bad weather for the whole trip and he said that with such difficult seas, conditions were bordering on being too rough to fish.
Capelin production has started at HB Grandi’s factory in Vopnafjördur after Lundey NS landed 680 tonnes late last night. Factory manager Magnús Róbertsson said that the capelin is slightly smaller than the fish that were being landed at the end of last year, but there is no great difference. A good proportion of the fish goes for human consumption and the fish that are graded out are passed to fishmeal production.
When the US government’s West Coast Groundfish Observer Program requested proposals for specialized scales for use in collecting and analyzing catch data from vessels fishing waters in the Pacific Northwest, the choice of the organisation and its parent, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), fell on Marel.
15 December 2010, Icelandic cod received certification according to the FAO-ISO based Iceland Responsible Fisheries Management Certification Programme. This is an important, and historic milestone for Iceland’s seafood industry and confirmation that the fishery for the nation’s most valuable fish stock is well managed.
In spite of a reduction in quotas, HB Grandi’s trawler crews have done a magnificent job in 2010. Catches landed by the company’s eight trawlers came to approximately 51,500 tonnes with a value of around ISK11.30 billion (FOB). By comparison, the 2009 catch was 47,000 tonnes with a value of ISK9,30 billion.
Icelandic Group has joined hands with Fish Fight, a campaign to end discards led by UK celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and supported by fellow chef Jamie Oliver.
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