Breaking one capelin landing record after another
As the Icelandic fleet experiences its first big capelin season for many years, there has been one record landing after another, although there are only a handful of pelagic vessels…
As the Icelandic fleet experiences its first big capelin season for many years, there has been one record landing after another, although there are only a handful of pelagic vessels…
Only a couple of weeks after one record had been set for the largest capelin landing to date, Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessel Börkur has broken its own record with a landing…
The first signs of sprats appearing in Icelandic waters were in 2017 when one fish was caught during a research survey. More were caught in subsequent surveys, and it has…
In an emoji-studded announcement on social media, Danish pelagic kingpin Henning Kjeldsen has announced that he’s had enough of the political pressure that he and his family have had to…
The management of the North-East Atlantic’s three main pelagic stocks has again been highlighted as the the North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA) has sent an open letter to politicians…
Norwegian pelagic vessels operating in Icelandic waters to catch capelin under the agreements relating to this stock are at a disadvantage, according to vessel operators’ federation Fiskebåt, which has written…
The blue whiting fishery that takes place west of Ireland and Scotland in the spring is know for tight concentrations of fish, often resulting in big bags after short tows.…
The owners of pelagic vessel Vikingbank opted for a package of electronics from Furuno Norge, supplied and installed by Vico, when their new vessel was delivered at the end of…
Samherji’s pelagic vessel Vilhelm Thorsteinsson landed 2060 tonnes of capelin to Síldarvinnslan’s fishmeal plant in Neskaupstaður on Friday, before heading back to sea without any of the crew going ashore.…
Pelagic vessels are lining up to land at Síldarvinnslan’s plants in Neskaupstaður and Seyðisfjörður, and the first capelin landings of the season have arrived at the Vinnslustöðin plant in the…