Land: Iceland

The research vessel Árni Friðriksson recently finished its expedition, which

Ingunn AK docked at Vopnafjördur on Wednesday night with around

Iceland’s unilateral decision the mackerel quota creates negative impact about the country considering EU member, says Ireland.

HB Grandi’s pelagic vessel Lundey NS is scheduled to sail

In a bid to become EU member Iceland should win back public opinion at home to joine the club, says EU.

On Friday, Minister of Fisheries Jón Bjarnason announced the fishing

HB Grandi’s pelagic vessel Faxi RE docked in Vopnafjördur yesterday with a 400 tonnes payload of mostly mackerel that were caught on the Rose Garden grounds 130 nautical miles from Vopnafjördur. According to skipper Albert Sveinsson, they have been fishing well on mackerel, but trying to limit catches so that the amounts landed are suitable for production.

Total catch of Icelandic vessels in June 2010 was 84,941

Iceland’s national cod quota for this fishing year, which was

HB Grandi’s pelagic vessels Ingunn AK and Lundey NS are