Last weekend Greenlandic pelagic vessel Polar Amaroq docked in Eskifjörður to discharge roughly 700 tonnes of sea-frozen capelin – the first capelin landing to take place in Iceland for almost…
The second newbuild from the Skagen yard to have started life at Karstensen’s own subsidiary in Gdynia, the new Havskjer for Veibust Fiskeriselskap was delivered to the Skagen yard for…
A Scottish study comparing the carbon footprints of a variety of seafood products has concluded that mackerel and herring caught by the Scottish pelagic fleet are the idea food choice…
Iceland’s Marine Research Institute has advised allocation of a 54,200 tonne capelin quota for the 2020-21 season in an update to its December advice. The current advice is based on…
Fishing has been good for the Icelandic fleet fishing for blue whiting, and pelagic vessels Jón Kjartansson and Aðalsteinn Jónsson both started this year’s fishing with new trawl gear from…
All of the shares in Swedish pelagic processor Scandic Pelagic’s operations in Sweden have been acquired by Västkustfisk SVC AB. Scandic Pelagic Ellös AB has changes its name to Sweden…
The capelin survey managed by Iceland’s Institute of Marine Research, deploying two research vessels and three commercial fishing vessels, has come to an end. Capelin were located along the edge…
Two research vessels and three commercial fishing vessels are now searching for capelin in Icelandic waters, according to a statement by Minister of Fisheries Kristján Thór Júlíusson. Research vessel Árni…
Vónin’s 2300 metre pelagic trawl has been around for a while and has already proved what it can do for the Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian, Russian and UK fishing vessels that…
The Altaire Fishing Company has ordered a new pelagic vessel to be built by Karstsensens Skibsværft, with the hull due to be delivered to the yard in Skagen on late…