Fish Species
More fish, less value
Changes taking place in export markets and Iceland’s currency gaining strength have hit processors.
FiskerForum
20/10/2016
ANNONCER
Country Specific News
Land: Iceland
Politics
Iceland set for strike
The Icelandic fleet is set to stop fishing at 2300 on the 10th of November as unions voted overwhelmingly for strike action.
FiskerForum
18/10/2016
Fish Species
29,000 tonnes of herring and mackerel
With the year’s mackerel and Atlanto-Scandian herring fisheries over for the year, HB Grandi’s two pelagic vessels have now switched to blue whiting.
FiskerForum
17/10/2016
Exhibitions
Award for small boat fisherman
Axel Helgason was awarded recognition as the small boat fisherman of the year at the fisheries exhibition held last week in Reykjavík.
FiskerForum
03/10/2016
News
Changes for Síldarvinnslan fleet
Síldarvinnslan’s re-structuring of its fleet is ongoing, with several of its older vessels already sold out of the country this year.
FiskerForum
30/09/2016
Economy
Ný-Fiskur for sale
The Icelandic Group has announced its intention to sell off subsidiary company Ný-Fiskur, based in Sandgerði.
FiskerForum
29/09/2016
Fishing
A decade of DynIce Warps
‘Some people thought we were mad hanging expensive fishing gear on the ends of pieces of rope,’ said Guðmundur Huginn Guðmundsson, skipper of Icelandic pelagic vessel Huginn VE-55, who pioneered the use of Hampiðjan’s DynIce Warps.
FiskerForum
26/09/2016
News
Síldarvinnslan’s Big Mama freezers
A pair of new freezing cabinets have been installed at Síldarvinnslan’s factory in Neskaupstaður, and these are expected to boost frozen production.
FiskerForum
22/09/2016
Fish Species
Huge mackerel volumes in Icelandic waters
One of HB Grandi’s skippers report that there have been huge mackerel volumes in Icelandic waters all summer and they are still there, with both pelagic vessels fishing well off the east coast and coastal boats filling up with mackerel close inshore off the west.
FiskerForum
21/09/2016
Politics
Icelandic fleet set for strike action
Following repeated failures to reach agreements between employers and seamen in Iceland, a countdown to strike action begins tomorrow as fishermen are balloted on whether or not to strike.
FiskerForum
18/09/2016