ANNONCER
Earlier this month work began at Hampidjan’s new premises in the Westmann Islands with a net loft and a shop. At present the building has a 400 square metre floor space, but once this coming summer’s expansion has been concluded, it will expand to 1100 square metres.
Fishing and processing company Eskja, based in the Icelandic east coast port of Eskifjörður, has contracted Skaginn and a group of partner companies to build a new pelagic processing plant. With a construction time of only six months, the new factory is scheduled to be ready for production in September this year.
Capelin processing and frozen roe production began at HB Grandi’s Akranes factory yesterday when Venus docked with 900 tonnes on board. The capelin were caught in three shots off the Snæfellsnes peninsula the day before yesterday. There was no fishing yesterday due to bad weather.
Iceland’s Ministry of Fisheries has issued its initial guidelines for this year’s lumpfish fishery, with days at sea largely unchanged from last year.
Production of frozen capelin roe has started at HB Grandi’s Vopnafjördur factory, with extraction begun on catch landed by Venus the night before last, with a capelin roe content of around 20%. Further east along the coast, Síldarvinnslan’s factory at Neskaupstaður is also gearing up for roe production now that frozen production for the Japanese market is over.
Three Icelandic trawlers have fallen foul of by-catch regulations in Norwegian waters as Coastguard inspections showed high levels of haddock in their cod catches, resulting in heavy fines.
Síldarvinnslan’s processing factory at Neskaupstaður in eastern Iceland has begun freezing capelin for markets in Asia and Eastern Europe after catch rates increased in the last few days.
Kristján Loftsson, owner of Iceland’s whaling vessels and whaling company Hvalur HF, has announced that there will be no fin whale hunt this year. The hunt for smaller minke whales, with which he is not involved and which supplies meat exclusively to the local market, is expected to continue as usual.
A group in Iceland is planning to launch a new fishing industry exhibition this year, to be held at the Laugardalshöll sports and exhibition centre in Reykjavík 28th to 30th of September. Preparations have been underway for two years and companies of all sizes are ready to take part.
With an allocated quota of only 100,000 tonnes for this season, the capelin fishery is expected to be a short one this year for the Icelandic fleet.
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