ANNONCER
Icelandic fish producer Ný-Fiskur has announced its investment in a second FleXicut system from Marel for its processing facility in Sandgerði. This is the tenth FleXicut to be sold within Iceland.
One of Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessels yesterday docked in Neskaupstaður with 2200 tonnes of blue whiting on board, most of it caught in Icelandic waters.
Ongoing co-operation between the Institute of Marine Research, HB Grandi and Hampiðjan into the effectiveness of T90 codends rigged on QuickLines continued this spring both ashore and at sea.
After forty-four years of fishing from Ísafjörður in north-western Iceland, a veteran trawler has been sold to new owners in the Westmann Islands.
While HB Grandi’s pelagic vessels have already made an early start on this year’s mackerel season after fishing well on blue whiting in the spring and early summer, the Síldarvinnslan vessels are still on blue whiting.
Shipbroker BP Shipping has been busy this year, both in Iceland and overseas, and Björgvin Ólafsson said that they have been sold several vessels from Iceland this year as the arrival of a number of newbuildings means older vessels are leaving the fleet.
Icelandic pelagic trawler Hoffell SU-80 has followed the trend and switched to using Vónin’s new Tornado pelagic trawl doors.
Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries Thorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir has set quotas for the 2017-18 quota year, and has stuck rigidly to the recommendations of the Marine Research Institute, except for erring on the side of caution by setting quotas for some species below the recommendations.
According to the Akranes Trade Union (Verkalýðsfélag Akraness), a combination of Iceland’s strengthening currency and falling fish prices have seen crew earnings drop significantly. The union has compared earnings by crews on several trawlers to come up with its findings.
Icelandic boatbuilder Trefjar’s latest delivery is a Cleopatra 33, now on its way to the island of Mausund, just outside Trondheim in Norway.
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