Image: Thorgeir Baldursson
New Börkur comes home
New pelagic vessel Börkur NK-122 docked in its home port of Neskaupstaður in eastern Iceland for the first time earlier this week, its arrival just ahead of the Seamen’s Day…
Iceland and Faroe Islands set out mackerel quotas
Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries Kristján Thór Júlíusson has signed off legislation governing mackerel fishing in Icelandic and NEAFC waters for this year. For the 2021 mackerel fishery, Iceland has set…
Norway takes a tough line on mackerel
Norway’s Ministry for trade, industry and fisheries has today set its mackerel quota at 298,299 tonnes for 2021, acting unilaterally in the absence of a coastal state agreements. ‘I regret…
Image: Húnbogi Sólon Gunnthórsson
Blue whiting fishery slows down
Fishing for blue whiting in Faroese waters has slowed down considerably in recent weeks. Pelagic vessel Bjarni Ólafsson landed its last trip for the time being at Síldarvinnslan’s fishmeal factory…
Eskja’s pelagic vessel Guðrún Thorkelsdóttir tied up by the Egersund Ísland net loft in Eskifjörður. Image: Eskja
Egersund gear scores on blue whiting
With current good fishing for blue whiting in the grey zone at the south of the Faroese EEZ, Eskja’s pelagic vessels have been doing well with their Egersund Ísland trawl…
Bjarni Ólafsson steaming in with 1800 tonnes of blue whiting. Image: Síldarvinnslan/Smári Geirsson
Fishing well on blue whiting
The Icelandic fleet has been doing well since the blue whiting fishery in Faroese waters got underway. Samherji’s new pelagic vessel Vilhelm Thorsteinsson last week made its very first landing,…
Blue whiting into the grey zone
Pelagic vessels from Iceland have started fishing on blue whiting in the grey zone south of the Faroe Islands. Síldarvinnslan reports that its vessels Bjarni Ólafsson, Beitir and Börkur have…
Margiris has been fishing in Mauretania since 7th March
Response to Greenpeace’s Margiris claims
The Delegation of the European Union to Mauritania has responded to a recent Greenpeace statement claiming ‘massive looting of Mauritanian fish stocks essential to food security’ by freezer trawler Margiris.…
Experienced trawl master Oddmar Ørvarodd has come ashore to join Vónin’s pelagic sales team
Bringing experience to Vónin’s pelagic team
Experienced trawl specialist Oddmar Ørvarodd has joined Vónin’s pelagic sales team. He comes from a position as a chief trawl master on board Nikolay Telenkov, which has been trawling in…
Vónin’s 2600 scores on scattered fish
After the heavy fishing that takes place on blue whiting west of Ireland every spring, with its tight marks and short tows, the character of the fishery changes as the…
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