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Polar Fishing Gear has celebrated ten years of its Hydro-wing trawl doors, as in March 2006 a 12 square metre pair of Mars doors went on board Ísfélag’s Snorri Sturluson for fishing redfish and later that same year a pair was supplied to Sjólaskip for its operations off West Africa.
All of HB Grandi’s factory vessels are now fishing deep north-west of the Westfjords along with five other trawlers, searching for elusive Greenland halibut on fishing grounds off the edge of the Hali area.
Coastal fishermen’s associations in Iceland have slammed the Ministry of Fisheries’ decision to adjust this year’s coastal quotas calling on the Minister to review his decision.
Investigative journalism group Reykjavík Media, which was instrumental in uncovering the Panama Papers that names holders of offshore accounts around the world, including members of Iceland’s government, has stated that it expects to lift the lid on fishing industry links with offshore holdings.
Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries has signed off regulations covering this year’s coastal fishery, open only to inshore boats within certain restrictions, and has increased and adjusted the quotas available.
Fishing has been steady on blue whiting south of the Faroe Islands, with 12-15 hour tows and the fish are expected to shift as they begin to migrate northwards.
In its first trip after a month-long refit, one of HB Grandi’s fresher trawlers hit a patch of saithe off the west of Iceland and other trawlers quickly arrived on the scene for as long as the fishing lasted.
Iceland and Russia have signed an agreement covering fishing activities by Icelandic vessels in the Russian area of the Barents Sea this year.
The board of the Westfjords Tourism Association has reiterated its opposition to an application for aquaculture cages to be sites in the Jökulfjörður area in north-western Iceland as local travel businesses and the aquaculture are set to clash.
Síldarvinnslan is bridging the gap between now and the beginning of the summer herring and mackerel seasons by switching its production to groundfish.
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