Beating a retreat from Westfjords weather
Freezer trawler Vigri is in Reykjavík with 360 tonnes on board. This is the result of the second part of the current trip, following a half-landing a week previously when…
Höfrungur III AK-250
Changes to Brim fleet – freezer sold, pelagic vessel acquired
Icelandic fishing company Brim has contracted to sell its factory trawler Höfrungur III AK-250, and is acquiring a pelagic vessel. The former Iivid has been acquired from Arctic Prime Fisheries…
Höfrungur III AK-250
Redfish everywhere
Brim’s factory trawler Höfrungur III is alongside in Reykjavík after a successful trip. According to Friðrik Ingason, who was skipper for this trip, the catch is a green weight of…
Brim's fresher trawler Akurey AK-10
Westfjords shallows full of fish
‘The last few trips have been like an adventure. There’s been a change on the Westfjords grounds in that, compared to previous summers, there’s a lot of large, good-quality fish…
Good fishing and fine weather
Two of Brim’s factory trawlers are alongside in Reykjavík after completing long Barents Sea trips. ‘Fishing has been good and we were fortunate that we had fine weather practically the…
Brim managing director Guðmundur Kristjánsson and the Icelandic Literary Society’s director Jón Sigurðsson shake on the agreement
Brim supports literature
Fishing company Brim has pledged to support Icelandic literature for the coming four years with funding for the Icelandic Literary Society. Brim managing director Guðmundur Kristjánsson commented that it is…
Where does all this haddock come from?
Brim’s fresher trawler Viðey is back at sea after making a 200 tonne landing in Reykjavík last weekend. Skipper Jóhannes Ellert Eiríksson – best known as Elli – said that…
Höfrungur III AK-250
Haddock everywhere – and quota short
Brim’s factory trawler Höfrungur III AK-250 has docked after a 27 day trip across grounds south and west of Iceland, and skipper Haraldur Árnason and his crew found themselves on…
Brim’s factory trawler Örfirisey
Record trip for Örfirisey
Brim’s factory trawler Örfirisey is steaming home to Reykjavík from a a 40-day trip to the Barents Sea. The catch is a 1576 tonne green weight of fish. This is…
Brim’s pelagic vessel Venus made the first landing of roe capelin in Akranes
Capelin roe production underway at Akranes
Brim’s production of capelin roe has began in Akranes, the first time for three years that capelin has been landed there. Venus docked late on Monday night with around 500…