First mackerel landings of the season in Iceland
Samherji’s pelagic vessel Vilhelm Thorsteinsson is among the first to land mackerel as the Icelandic fleet start its season this week, making its first landing of 850 tonnes in Neskaupstaður.…
Østerbris places pelagic vessel order with Skagen yard
Norwegian fishing company Østerbris is the latest to go to the Karstensen yard in Skagen for a new purse seiner/pelagic trawler, due to be delivered in January 2027 – the…
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Icelandic fleet ready for mackerel season
Much of the Icelandic fleet is now preparing to start searching for mackerel. Síldarvinnslan’s vessels are no exception, and crew are looking forward to the summer season. Síldarvinnslan’s Börkur has…
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Phenomenal blue whiting season comes to a close
Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessel Beitir has landed 3100 tonnes of blue whiting caught in Faroese waters, bringing to an end the company’s blue whiting fishery for the time being. Síldarvinnslan has…
Havsnurp goes for Furuno
New Norwegian pelagic vessel Havsnurp is starting its fishing career on herring, and is working with an all-Furuno package of fishfinders in the wheelhouse, delivered by Ålesund Furuno dealer Marineelektronikk…
Versatile Havsnurp delivered by Skagen yard
Replacing an older vessel built at the same yard in 2012, Karstensens Skibsværft has delivered the new Havsnurp to fishing company Havsnurp AS, owned by the Stølen and Hole families…
Barents Sea capelin processed in Iceland
Hopes of a capelin fishery in Icelandic waters are fading fast. Usually there’s heavy fishing south of Iceland at this time of year, but so far not enough has been…
Russian fleet’s first capelin landings
The first payloads of capelin caught in the Barents Sea by the Russian fleet are on their way to Murmansk. Ten fishing vessels are reported to have been active, with…
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Hope remains for capelin fishery
By the end of February, Iceland’s winter season capelin fishery would normally be underway, but this year repeated acoustic surveys have so far not indicated a strong enough presence of…
Strong start to Scottish fleet’s mackerel fishery
The mackerel fishery for the Scottish fleet got off to a good start this year, with reports of plenty shoals of good-sized fish. Fishing mainly to the north-west of Orkney,…