Land: Iceland

The United Nations University Fisheries Training Programme organizes a conference

Ingunn AK docked at Vopnafjördur this morning with 1300 tonnes of herring that were caught in international waters close to Norwegian territorial limits. Ingunn spent five days fishing and according to skipper Gudlaugur Jónsson, most of the catch was taken towards the end of the trip.

HB Grandi now has around 9200 tonnes of its Atlanto-Scandian

Icelandic exporters are using new ways of getting paid for

HB Grandi’s factory trawler Therney RE docked yesterday in Reykjavík after a 31 day trip on Westfjords fishing grounds. The catch was predominantly redfish, with 410 tonnes of product valued at 150 million Isl Kr at the Central Bank’s exchange rate at the beginning of this week.

Last week the freighter Silver Ocean sailed from Vopnafjördur with

The cod quota for 2008-2009 is 130,000 tons, same as

HB Grandi’s pelagic vessels have enough quotas of herring left to be caught, confirmed the company in a statement.

A very successful visit to The Culinary Institute of America.

Marorka in Iceland has been named as the winner of