Exceptional capelin season comes to an end
While some of the fleet is still at sea and processing is stil in progress, Iceland’s capelin season is coming to an end for this year and for Westman Islands…
Irish minister welcomes hike in blue whiting fishery
Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has welcomed the increase in the Irish fleet's quota for blue whiting from 28,438 tonnes last year to 53,776 tonnes…
Steady fishing and capelin roe production
Síldarvinnslan’s production of capelin roe has been continuous since 5th March, and this end of the capelin season has been ususual, with none of the expected interruptions. ‘This season has…
Heavy fishing on high-value roe capelin
The capelin season in Icelandic waters has seen some heavy fishing in the last few days, with marks of fish at the surface so thick they have been mistaken for…
Denholm Seafoods invests in high-tech processing
A new mackerel and herring processing facility and cold-store upgrade is in progress in Peterhead, as Denholm Seafoods is putting £30 million into one of Scotland’s largest ever investments in…
Capelin quota boosted
Iceland’s Marine and Freshwater Research Institute has identified a large volume of spawning capelin off the north coast that had not been present during previous surveys, and has stated that…
Scottish fleet’s strong start on mackerel
The Scottish pelagic fleet’s mackerel fishery that opened the year was successfully completed by the second week in February, with the last fish caught on grounds to the west of…
Will salmon producers boycott blue whiting?
The three major buyers of blue whiting, feed manufacturers Cargill, Skretting and Biomar, have already threatened to end the use of blue whiting in their production and the salmon industry…
First capelin of the season landed in Westman Islands
One of the key centres for pelagic landings, the Westman Islands has just received its first landing of capelin for this season. With a relatively limited quota, fishing company VSV…
Non-stop capelin production
Síldarvinnslan’s capelin production has been working round the clock as pelagic vessels have been able to get to sea between bouts of heavy weather that have interrupted fishing. The plant…
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