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…
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…
Originally ordered by HB Grandi as a replacement for one or more of its elderly factory trawlers, the new Ilivileq has been built at the Astilleros Armón yard in Spain…
Brim’s fresher trawler Helga María docked in Reykjavík yesterday with roughly 180 tonnes of fish on board, and with fishing effort being carefully managed during the Covid-19 crisis, will now…
‘Catches have been acceptable. Saithe is as elusive as ever. We’ve done well avoiding cod, but we can’t say the same about haddock. It shows up everywhere as by-catch,’ said…
All three of Brim’s fresher trawlers have landed full trips over the last week, with around 600 tonnes of fish delivered to the company’s Norðurgarður processing plant in Reykjavík. Brim’s…
Brim’s fresher trawler Helga María is on its way back to fishing grounds after landing a capacity trip in Reykjavík on Monday this week. According to skipper Friðleifur Einarsson, the…
‘I’m fairly satisfied with what we had for the first trip of the year. There was crazy weather most of the time, but it moderated in patches and that let…
Brim’s pelagic vessel Venus docked in Vopnafjörður yesterday with 2100 tonnes of blue whiting in its tanks, while Víkingur had around the same amount on board and an hour to…
‘We’ve gone back north to the Hali grounds. The weather forced us off the Westfjords fishing grounds. So the decision was to head for Reykjavík for a half-landing, then wait…