Read more about the article Fishing well on blue whiting
Bjarni Ólafsson steaming in with 1800 tonnes of blue whiting. Image: Síldarvinnslan/Smári Geirsson

Fishing well on blue whiting

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The Icelandic fleet has been doing well since the blue whiting fishery in Faroese waters got underway. Samherji’s new pelagic vessel Vilhelm Thorsteinsson last week made its very first landing,…

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Read more about the article Iceland’s capelin season gets underway
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

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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…

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Read more about the article Capelin production starts after three-year break
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…

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