Fish Species
Mackerel show off south-east Iceland
Two mackerel landings close together mean that HB Grandi’s Vopnafjördur factory will be kept busy this Bank Holiday weekend.
FiskerForum
28/07/2016
ANNONCER
Country Specific News
Land: Iceland
Administration
HB Grandi boosts quota holding
HB Grandi has agreed to purchase groundfish quotas equalling 1600 cod-equivalent tonnes at a price of ISK 3950 million (€29.55 million) from Hafnarnes VER in Thorlákshöfn.
FiskerForum
27/07/2016
Administration
Home for the summer
HB Grandi’s factory trawler Theney is back in home waters after a trip to the Russian zone of the Barents Sea that started in early June.
FiskerForum
20/07/2016
Administration
Minister slammed by coastal fishermen
A fishermen’s association in southern Iceland has passed a resolution of no confidence in the country’s fisheries minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson.
FiskerForum
15/07/2016
Administration
Iceland’s small boat federation slams 2016-17 quotas
Iceland’s National Association of Small Boat Owners (NASBO) has criticised the decision by fisheries minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson to follow the Marine Research Institute’s advice in setting quotas for 2016-17.
FiskerForum
06/07/2016
Fish Species
Releasing the small redfish – alive
Trawl trials on redfish with a T90 codend supplied by Fjardanet in Akureyri, which is part of the Hampidjan Group, have already produced promising results. The codend appears to filter out small redfish in significant amounts and the results look to be similar to those obtained by the Marine Research Institute to separate out small cod while trawling off western Iceland.
FiskerForum
04/07/2016
Fish Species
Icelandic mackerel season starts
This summer’s mackerel season is underway with both of HB Grandi’s pelagic vessels on the fishing grounds already.
FiskerForum
01/07/2016
Administration
Iceland’s Minister follows scientific advice to the letter
Iceland’s fisheries minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson has taken decisions on the 2016-17 quota year’s fishing quotas and as in previous years, the Ministry has followed the Marine Research Institute’s recommendations.
FiskerForum
28/06/2016
Fishing
Super-propellers for Skipasýn-designed trawlers
A pair of fresher trawlers being built for Icelandic operators at the Huanghai yard at Rongcheng in China are expected to be among the most environmentally friendly to date.
FiskerForum
24/06/2016
Administration
Good May for Síldarvinnslan trawlers
The groundfish trawlers operated by Síldarvinnslan and its subsidiary companies did well during May.
FiskerForum
17/06/2016