Last blue whiting of the year
Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessels Börkur and Beitir have finished their last blue whiting trips of the year – and skippers and crews are hoping for positive news of a capelin season…
Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessels Börkur and Beitir have finished their last blue whiting trips of the year – and skippers and crews are hoping for positive news of a capelin season…
For the first time, Norwegian sales organisation Sildelaget has punched through NoK10 billion to set a new sales record for pelagic fish. ‘Due to the fantastic efforts of pelagic fishermen…
Four of the officers running a trawler in the Arabian Sea got in touch with fishing gear supplier Hampiðjan to help out in solving the problem of a by-catch of…
The Faroe Islands have signed fisheries agreements for 2021 with Russia and with Greenland. In Russian waters, the Faroese groundfish fleet’s cod allocation rises from 15,690 tonnes this year to…
Speaking in Parliament, Icelandic minister of fisheries Kristján Thór Júlíusson confirmed that a capelin survey using three commercial fishing vessels will take place this month. The Marine Research Institute is…
The lack of effective international quota sharing agreements is cited as the reason for the Marine Stewardship Council’s decision to suspend MSC certification for blue whiting and Atlanto-Scandian herring fisheries…
Fishing for blue whiting in Faroese waters hasn’t been big hauls and short trips for the Icelandic pelagic fleet in recent weeks. In the last few days Síldarvinnslan’s plant has…
A fishing company in the Russian far east is the first in the Madagan region to order a highly modern factory vessel, placing the order with Tersan yard, and with…
Pelagic trawler Resolute BF-50 has been delivered to owners Castlehill in Fraserburgh, calling in its home port for the first time the delivery trip from Spain, before heading for fishing…
Greenlandic pelagic vessel Polar Amaroq is currently searching for capelin north of Iceland, carrying out a survey backed by fishing vessel operators’ federation SFS (Samtök fyrirtækja í sjávarútvegi). Polar Amaroq…