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Freezer trawler Blængur, owned by Icelandic fishing and processing company Síldarvinnslan, has arrived in Poland where it is undergoing a major refit.
Life is becoming tougher for crewmen on Icelandic fishing vessels, according to Árni Bjarnason of Icelandic Ship’s Officers’ Union FFSÍ.
Skipper Ægir Fransson expects to haul his gear today for the last time this trip and set course for home to finish the trip on home grounds. The catch for the trip so far has been an ungutted weight of 1000 tonnes of fish.
The Icelandic authorities have protested at the US government’s decision to place Atlantic cod on a list of endangered species, based on reports of IUU fishing.
Iceland’s Ministry of Fisheries has re-scheduled the opening of the lumpfish roe season, leaving his decision to delay the season by two weeks, and announcing the change only days before the fishery was due to open today on the 20th of March.
Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessel Birtingur has been sold and this week sailed from its home port of Neskaupstaður for the last time, heading for its new owners in Las Palmas. Birtingur has been bought by Polish company Atlantex and is expected to be renamed Janus once the formal handover has taken place.
HB Grandi’s Venus docked at Vopnafjördur last night with 2300 tonnes of capelin on board. The fish were caught in Breidafjördur on Sunday and Tuesday, the only days when the weather was kind enough to allow the fleet to shoot its gear.
Icelandic company Polar Fishing Gear is finally ready for full-scale sea trials with its Poseidon controllable trawl doors and the sea trials are scheduled for next month.
Russian fishing gear company Fishering Service aims to strengthen its position on the Icelandic and Greelandic markets for trawl gear and has reached an agreement with Ísfell in Iceland.
Marel is using this year’s Seafood Processing Global, taking place as part of the Seafood Global Expo in Brussels next month, to present a range of innovative additions to proven applications, with the focus on high product quality and improved processing performance. Marel will exhibit advanced equipment and software solutions that enable whitefish and salmon processors to optimise yield, throughput and product quality.
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