ANNONCER
Kolbeinn Árnason, director of Icelandic vessel operators’ association Fisheries Iceland (Samtök Fyrirtækja í Sjávarútvegi – SFS), has stood down.
Iceland’s Ministry of Fisheries on Friday set this year’s mackerel quota at 148,000 tonnes.
It’s about the simplest piece of kit that any fishing vessel can have on board, but there’s more to a gaff than just a length of wood with a nail through it, as Erling Brim is happy to explain.
Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson has taken over as Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture in the Icelandic government’s reshuffle following the revelation that prime minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson had been implicated in undeclared ownership of an offshore company together with his wife.
Westmann Islands company Vinnslustödinn has agreed to sell fresher trawler Jón Vídalin to Iran.
Iceland’s Ministry of Industries and Innovation has announced a 30% increase in this year’s blue whiting quota.
As accusations of corruption are levelled at some of Iceland’s political figures this week and with the likelihood that the government will not survive the latest scandal, SFÚ, the Association of Fish Producers and Exporters, has also pointed to what it refers to as long-term corruption within the fishing industry.
A group of Icelandic companies have applied to the Icelandic Centre for Research for support to develop a hybrid-engined longliner.
There has been some fine fishing in the last few weeks south and west of Reykjanes in Iceland, mainly golden redfish and cod, plus a spell of good saithe fishing. There are trawlers and smaller boats fishing from the Westmann Islands all the way west to Reykjanes.
The organisers of the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition to be held 13th-15th of September next year are already gearing up ahead of the event.
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