Heavy fines and licence suspensions for halibut poachers
A 24-month major case investigation by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) into the halibut fishery in the Sambro area of Nova Scotia has been completed. This major investigation resulted in…
Satisfactory results – despite challenging year
Royal Greenland has announced a pre-tax profit for 2022 of DKK235 million, on a turnover of DKK5.8 billion. Acccording to CEO Susanne Arfelt Rajamand, it’s a satisfactory outcome for a very…
Long investigation leads to halibut fishing charges in Nova Scotia
As a result of a 24-month major case investigation in the Sambro area of Nova Scotia, Fisheries and Oceans Canada has laid 66 charges related to the illegal possession and…
A halibut catch at St. Paul Harbor in Kodiak, Alaska
Million dollar fine for Alaska fisherman
Kodiak fisherman James Aaron Stevens was sentenced earlier this month to a six-month term in a federal prison and a $1 million fine after being found guilty of falsely labelling catches. The…
Hunting halibut through the ice
This year’s fishery for halibut at Qaanaaq in Greenland has got off to a good start, with good catches of Greenland halibut caught around 70 kilometres inside the fjord. At…
Groundfish fills the gaps between pelagic seasons
Síldarvinnslan’s factory at Neskaupstaður in eastern Iceland has this summer been processing Greenland halibut and redfish for the Asian market, with the emphasis in Greenland halibut since production began in April.
Kap II finishes east coast season
Icelandic company Vinnslustöðin’s netter has returned to the Westmann Isands after a successful season fishing off the east of Iceland.
Catching well on Greenland halibut
Westmann Islands netter Kap II has been fishing well this summer, having caught 300 tonnes of Greenland halibut since the beginning of July on grounds off the east of Iceland.
Greenland halibut play hard-to-get
All of HB Grandi’s factory vessels are now fishing deep north-west of the Westfjords along with five other trawlers, searching for elusive Greenland halibut on fishing grounds off the edge of the Hali area.
Greenland halibut scarce
‘We’re well off the north coast about 40 nautical miles north-west of Kolbeinsey. We’ve been in this area for a couple of days looking for Greenland halibut, but unfortunately fishing has been slow,’ said Trausti Egilsson, skipper of HB Grandi’s freezer trawler Örfirisey RE-4 when we spoke to him earlier today.