Herring play hard to get
Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessel Barði docked with 1255 tonnes of Icelandic summer-spawning herring caught on the other side of the country. The catch was landed to the company’s processing plant in…
One herring season ends – and another begins
Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessels have landed their last payloads of Atlanto-Scandian herring for this year, and fishing for summer-spawning herring has begun off the west of Iceland. The last landing of…
Herring season over – back to blue whiting
Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessel Börkur has delivered the last landing of the year of Icelandic summer-spawning herring to the company’s Neskaupstaður processing plant. The 1570-tonne catch is going for wholefrozen and…
Patchy fishing on herring
Pelagic vessels are at work west of Iceland to take this year’s quota of Icelandic summer-spawning herring. Fishing started well, but has slowed down – although that could change at…
Heavy fishing for herring off western Iceland
Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessel Beitir sailed last week to start fishing for Icelandic summer spawning herring off the west of Iceland, and is already heading to Neskaupstaður with 1420 tonnes on…
