Land: Iceland

Total value 20.6 billion ISK Total value of catch of

The results of an assessment carried out at HB Grandi’s

Plans are for HB Grandi’s pelagic vessel Lundey NS to

Total catch of Icelandic vessels in April 2010 was 79,680

A new Icelandic-made filleting machine made by Vélfag ehf in

HB Grandi’s vessels have finished their blue whiting quotas for

‘Attendance at our stand has been more than we could

The European Seafood Exhibition (ESE) and its partner event the Seafood Processing Europe (SPE) are set to open in Brussels tomorrow and to last three days. As usual, a number of Icelandic companies will be taking part, including HB Grandi which has been at the ESE since 2005.

The Icelandic exporting business Sæmark has entered its cod, haddock and wolffish fisheries for full assessment under the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) certification programme. These fisheries will be the first in Iceland to be assessed against the MSC standard for sustainable and well-managed fisheries, and the first wolffish fishery in the MSC programme. If the fisheries are successful, their seafood products will be eligible to carry the blue MSC ecolabel.

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