NAPA’s challenge to ministers
The North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA), speaking as a collective of businesses with a major share of Northeast Atlantic pelagic purchasing, has aimed an open letter to Ministers, challenging…
Víkingur’s Gloria performs well on blue whiting
This past winter and spring skipper Albert Sveinsson and the crew of Brim’s pelagic vessel Víkingur have been working with a 2304 metre Gloría Helix blue whiting trawl from Hampiðjan.…
Image: Húnbogi Sólon Gunnthórsson
Blue whiting fishery slows down
Fishing for blue whiting in Faroese waters has slowed down considerably in recent weeks. Pelagic vessel Bjarni Ólafsson landed its last trip for the time being at Síldarvinnslan’s fishmeal factory…
Eskja’s pelagic vessel Guðrún Thorkelsdóttir tied up by the Egersund Ísland net loft in Eskifjörður. Image: Eskja
Egersund gear scores on blue whiting
With current good fishing for blue whiting in the grey zone at the south of the Faroese EEZ, Eskja’s pelagic vessels have been doing well with their Egersund Ísland trawl…
Bjarni Ólafsson steaming in with 1800 tonnes of blue whiting. Image: Síldarvinnslan/Smári Geirsson
Fishing well on blue whiting
The Icelandic fleet has been doing well since the blue whiting fishery in Faroese waters got underway. Samherji’s new pelagic vessel Vilhelm Thorsteinsson last week made its very first landing,…
Blue whiting into the grey zone
Pelagic vessels from Iceland have started fishing on blue whiting in the grey zone south of the Faroe Islands. Síldarvinnslan reports that its vessels Bjarni Ólafsson, Beitir and Börkur have…
Vónin’s 2600 scores on scattered fish
After the heavy fishing that takes place on blue whiting west of Ireland every spring, with its tight marks and short tows, the character of the fishery changes as the…
Egersund Ísland’s 2016m trawl has performed well on blue whiting
Blue whiting season in full swing
Fishing has been good for the Icelandic fleet fishing for blue whiting, and pelagic vessels Jón Kjartansson and Aðalsteinn Jónsson both started this year’s fishing with new trawl gear from…
Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessels Börkur and Beitir docking in Norðfjörður during a downpour. Image: Síldarvinnslan/Smári Geirsson
Last blue whiting of the year
Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessels Börkur and Beitir have finished their last blue whiting trips of the year – and skippers and crews are hoping for positive news of a capelin season…
MSC certification for Atlanto-Scandian herring and blue whiting are suspended from 30th December
MSC suspends pelagic fisheries certification
The lack of effective international quota sharing agreements is cited as the reason for the Marine Stewardship Council’s decision to suspend MSC certification for blue whiting and Atlanto-Scandian herring fisheries…
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