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…
Easter homecoming for Iceland’s pelagic flagship
Samherji’s new pelagic vessel Vilhelm Thorsteinsson EA-11 has completed its delivery trip from Skagen. Skipper Guðmundur Jónsson and his crew are scheduled to dock at Akureyri’s Trawler Dock at 1000…
Börkur has carried out initial sea trials. Image: Karl Jóhann Birgisson
First sea trials for new Börkur
The new pelagic vessel Börkur, under construction at Karstensens Skibsværft in Skagen for Icelandic company Síldarvinnslan, has undergone a successful round of initial sea trials. On board were fleet manager…
Minister asked to intervene in SFPA failure to co-operate with pelagic sector
Sinn Fein’s spokesman for Fisheries and the Marine Padraig Mac Lochlainn has appealed directly to Ireland’s Fisheries Minister Charlie McConalogue, requesting that he ensure that the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority…
Main photo: Brim's pelagic vessels Venus and Víkingur ship their shallow capelin purse seines from the Hampiðjan net loft in Reykjavík before heading east to search for capelin. Image: Hampiðjan
Iceland’s capelin season gets underway
This year’s capelin season has finally started for the Icelandic fleet, with the first landings to Neskaupstaður, Vopnafjörður and the Westman Islands. Fishing has been in the Meðallandsbugt area west…
Norwegian pelagic vessel Fiskebas was the first to land capelin in Neskaupstaður. Image: Síldarvinnslan/Smári Geirsson
Capelin production starts after three-year break
This weekend the Síldarvinnslan factory at Neskaupstaður in eastern Iceland began processing capelin for the first time in three years, working with raw material landed by Norwegian pelagic vessels. The…
Final capelin advice for 2021 season
Iceland’s Institute of Marine Research has updated its advice for the 2020-21 capelin season, raising its recommendation to 127,300 tonnes. This roughly doubles the previous advised maximum catch, based on…
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