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A new venture between a group of Icelandic companies, Knarr Maritime, was officially launched at the Brussels Seafood Global Exhibition this week.
The new pelagic trawler to be built by Havyard for France Pélagique is to be fitted out with a catch handling system supplied by Icelandic company Skaginn 3X.
Iceland’s blue whiting season has taken off after a slow start. The fishing is mainly in Faroese waters and although fishing was slow to begin with, but have increased steadily as the blue whiting migrate into the Faroese EEZ.
It has been a busy few months for Icelandic company Skaginn 3X, having been presented with a series of awards, the most recent to which was the 2017 President of Iceland’s Export Award that recognises contributions to boosting Icelandic exports, and the award was presented yesterday at the President’s official residence at Bessastaðir.
The challenges facing groundfish fishermen in Iceland can’t have escaped anyone familiar with the sector, according to Örn Pálsson, director of the National Association of Small Boat Owners (NASBO), who points out that fish prices have not been as low as they are today for years.
When the new trawler docked in Akureyri a few days ago after a 4000-nautical mile, 15-day delivery trip from the Cemre Shipyard in Turkey, it was Icelandic fishing company Samherji’s first newbuilt vessel to join its fleet for seventeen years.
Iceland’s small boat fishermen are less than satisfied with this year’s mackerel allocations, with 96% of quotas allocated to the pelagic fleet. The National Association of Small Boat Owners (NASBO) is lobbying for a 16% share of the mackerel quota.
Following its boost to mackerel quotas for 2017, Iceland has also increased this year’s blue whiting quota.
HB Grandi’s new fresher trawler Engey RE-91 was formally christened at a ceremony in Reykjavík yesterday and the ship is open to the public today (Saturday) from 1300 to 1600.
Westmann Islands fishing company Vinnslustöðin has sold one of its vessels to owners in Vladivostok.
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