The first fish were processed last week at the new processing plant that is the culmination of a four-year process to design and build one of the most sophisticated facilities…
Last week Vinnslustöðin (VSV) saw two of its vessels land full trips, starting with pelagic vessel Ísleifur docking with 2000 tonnes on board from its first blue whiting trip of…
Both of the trawlers operated by Westman Islands company Bergur-Huginn docked yesterday with full fishrooms, as Iceland’s south coast winter season looks to be getting underway. According to Vestmannaey’s skipper…
HB Grandi’s fresher trawler Viðey docked in Reykjavík yesterday morning, a day ahead of schedule. The reason? Excellent fishing on the company trawlers’ home grounds. According to skipper Jóhannes Ellert…
Akureyri shipyard Slippurinn has struck a deal to fit two of Samherji’s fresher trawlers with catch handing decks, with one full deck to be fitted this summer and the second…
Westman Islands fishing company VSV has seen its groundfish fleet doing exceptionally well during the last month. Fresher trawler Breki made landings totalling 1200 tonnes during March, which is a…
Two of Royal Greenland’s trawlers are about to leave the company’s fleet as they are due to be replaced shortly with new fishing capacity. The 27-year-old Sisimiut and 17-year-old Qaqqatsiaq…
HB Grandi’s factory trawler Höfrungur III docked in Reykjavík early this morning after a four-week trip that included one half-landing. This trip’s catch was a green weight of 860 tonnes,…
‘It hasn’t been an easy trip, although we can say that when the weather has been decent, so has the fishing.Right now it’s blowing hard, a real storm, and we’re…