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…
Searching for saithe
‘Everyone’s looking for saithe and it’s not easy to find. On the other hand, there’s plenty of every other species, such as golden redfish, cod and haddock, but hardly any…
Vigri is coming to the end of the first trip of the year. Image: Brim
Fine fishing – for the time of year
Brim’s freezer trawler Vigri is fishing in the Víkuráll Gully area in some foul weather, according to skipper Árni Gunnólfsson, who said that conditions have been difficult every day since…
Brim’s fresher trawler Akurey. Image: Brim
New year starts with good fishing off the Westfjords
Brim’s fresher trawler Akurey is fishing on Westfjords grounds after landing a 140-145 tonne first trip this year. The catch was landed in Reykjavík at the end of the week.…
Brim’s factory freezer trawler Örfirisey RE-4. Image: Brim
Last trip of the year to the Skerja Deeps and east coast
Brim’s factory trawler Örfirisey docked a few hours ago after a relatively short trip of just nineteen days at sea. According to this trip’s skipper, Thór Thórarinsson, the catch is…
Brim’s freezer trawler Vigri landing in Reykjavík
Steady fishing on mixed fish
Brim’s freezer trawler Vigri is fishing on the Hali grounds west of Iceland and according to skipper Árni Gunnólfsson, there’s steady fishing there for mixed fish. ‘We’ve been here for…
Brim factory trawler Vigri landed a full trip, focusing on saithe
Saithe all over
Brim’s factory trawler Vigri is now fishing off the Westfjords after landing in Reykjavík on Sunday and Monday this week. According to skipper Eythór Atli Scott, the trip just finished…
Brim's fresher trawler Akurey has been fitted with a third trawl winch and extra sweepline winches
Akurey’s seamless switch to twin-rigging
Fresher trawler Akurey has completed its second trip since a refit in which a third trawl winch and an additional set of sweepline winches were installed on board. This enables…
Icelandic fishing company Brim is putting resources into Greenlandic company Arctic Prime Fisheries, which acquires factory trawler Ilivileq. Image: Astilleros Armón
Brim puts investment into Greenland company
The board of Icelandic fishing and processing company Brim has announced investment worth €85 million in Greenlandic company Arctic Prime Fisheries. The majority of shareholders in Arctic Prime Fisheries are…