Lower fuel for catch on Rockall grounds
Despite the distance, the economics of fishing for blue whiting south-west of Rockall work out better for the Icelandic pelagic fleet than fishing closer to home. The Rockall fishery is…
Herring season over – back to blue whiting
Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessel Börkur has delivered the last landing of the year of Icelandic summer-spawning herring to the company’s Neskaupstaður processing plant. The 1570-tonne catch is going for wholefrozen and…
Capelin fishery takes off
The Icelandic purse seine fleet is at work off the east of the country as the capelin fishery is now in full swing. Síldarvinnslan’s Beitir landed 415 tonnes last night,…
1100 tonne herring haul
Pelagic vessel Börkur has been alongside at Neskaupstaður to offload 1092 tonnes of herring – caught in a single tow off the east of Iceland. According to skipper Hjörvar Hjálmarsson,…
Looking forward to the herring season
Pelagic vessel Börkur landed 960 tonnes of mackerel to Síldarvinnslan’s Neskaupstaður plant this week. According to production manager Jón Gunnar Sigurjónsson, they have been processing the largest and best-quality mackerel…
Mackerel heading for Iceland
Fishing for mackerel has shifted from deep in international waters, closer to the Icelandic EEZ. According to Ólafur Gunnar Guðnason on board pelagic vessel Börkur, a few weeks ago they…
Mackerel fishery taking off
The Icelandic fleet’s mackerel fishery in international waters has picked up over the last few days, supporting full production at Síldarvinnslan’s factories in eastern Iceland. The 1100 tonnes landed by…
Breaking one record after another
Only a couple of weeks after one record had been set for the largest capelin landing to date, Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessel Börkur has broken its own record with a landing…
Image: Thorgeir Baldursson
New Börkur comes home
New pelagic vessel Börkur NK-122 docked in its home port of Neskaupstaður in eastern Iceland for the first time earlier this week, its arrival just ahead of the Seamen’s Day…