Iceland’s Marine Research Institute has advised a zero capelin quota for the 2020-21 season. The advice is based on a research carried out by the Institute’s Árni Friðriksson and Norwegian…
Pelagic vessel Bjarni Ólafsson docked this week in Neskaupstaður after its third blue whiting trip in a row, this time landing 1835 tonnes t the Síldarvinnslan factory. ´This trip went…
Westman Islands processor Vinnslustöðin (VSV) has taken delivery of 5500 tonnes of Atlanto-Scandian herring as this year’s season comes to an end. ‘This has been a highly successful season and…
North Atlantic fisheries for Atlanto-Scandian herring are threatened with the loss of crucial MSC certification due to what the MSC sees as longstanding failures to reach international agreement on catch…
The Zamakona Shipyard in Bilbao is making steady progress on its NB-799, otherwise known as the innovative Salt-designed pelagic vessel Gitte Henning. ‘We started cutting steel on 8th May and…
Westman Islands fishing company Vinnslustöðin (VSV) has received its first landings of herring this autumn, and the mackerel season has come to an close. The Icelandic herring season has been…
It was only a few years ago that Rederiet Astrid Fiskeri took delivery of pelagic vessel Astrid, but a new vessel is already on the way and its design anticipates…
Pelagic vessel Margrét docked at Neskaupstaður in eastern Iceland yesterday with 1150 tonnes herring caught in only two tows. ‘It went like clockwork,’ said Margrét’s skipper Birkir Hreinsson as the…
Icelandic research vessel Árni Friðriksson is expected to sail on Monday morning to start this year’s 22-day autumn capelin survey, joined by another research vessel from Greenland. The survey will…
Síldarvinnslan in eastern Iceland has taken landings of 21,300 tonnes of mackerel so far this season. According to the Neskaupstaður factory’s production manager Jón Gunnar Sigurjónsson, the season has gone…