Research finds mackerel all around Iceland
A survey carried out by Icelandic research vessel Árni Friðriksson, with 48 tows over 18 days and having steamed a total of 3800 nautical miles, has mapped the extent of…
Norway and UK strike 2022 fisheries agreement
Norway has entered into a bilateral fisheries agreement with the United Kingdom, and while this has welcomed by Norway’s Minister of Fisheries Bjørnar Skjæran, industry federation Fiskebåt has its reservations.…
VSV’s pelagic vessels have landed more than 20,000 tonnes of herring this year. Images: Vinnslustöðin
Best ever herring season ends
Westman Islands fishing company Vinnslustöðin (VSV) has this year had its best ever herring season, and this has now come to an end. ‘The 30th November night shift at the…
The troubled waters of Baltic fishing
A long round of discussion in Luxembourg has resulted in EU Ministers reaching agreement on catch limits for 2022 for the Baltic’s ten main commercial stocks. Ministers have decided to…
Scandic Pelagic Ellös AB becomes Sweden Pelagic AB
Ownership change at pelagic processor
All of the shares in Swedish pelagic processor Scandic Pelagic’s operations in Sweden have been acquired by Västkustfisk SVC AB. Scandic Pelagic Ellös AB has changes its name to Sweden…
Síldarvinnalan’s Börkur is now fishing for Icelandic summer-spawning herring. Image: Síldarvinnslan/Smári Geirsson
Blue whiting until Christmas
Icelandic processor Síldarvinnslan received landings of 25,357 tonnes of Atlanto-Scandian herring during this year’s season, with the first landing on the 11th of September and the last on 29th October.…
This year’s mackerel season has come to an end for Westman Islands processor VSV. Image: VSV/Hreinn Magnússon
Hello, herring – mackerel season over
Westman Islands fishing company Vinnslustöðin (VSV) has received its first landings of herring this autumn, and the mackerel season has come to an close. The Icelandic herring season has been…
Margrét landing herring in Neskaupstaður. Image: Síldarvinnslan/Smári Geirsson
1150 tonnes of herring in two tows
Pelagic vessel Margrét docked at Neskaupstaður in eastern Iceland yesterday with 1150 tonnes herring caught in only two tows. ‘It went like clockwork,’ said Margrét’s skipper Birkir Hreinsson as the…
The FROM Nord member vessels’ MSC certification for its herring fishery has been renewed. Image: MSC
MSC recertifies French herring fishery
The herring fishery pursued by nine FROM Nord member vessels has been recertified by the MSC. The group of nine trawlers between them land around 2500 tonnes of herring annually.…
Denmark’s Minister of Fisheries has approved a support programme for Baltic fishermen
Compensation for Baltic cod and herring fishermen welcomed
The Danish Fishermen’s Association has welcomed the good news for Danish Baltic cod and herring fishermen that Fisheries Minister Mogens Jensen is opening a compensation scheme for fishermen affected by…