Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessels have finished on Icelandic summer-spawning herring after a difficult season and the two have now switched to blue whiting, following the example of HB Grandi’s pelagic boats that are already fishing in Faroese waters.
Orders for electric winch systems for two pelagic vessels on order at the Karstensen yard in Skagen have gone to Rapp Marine.
The Simek yard’s first newbuild fishing vessel since 2008 has been launched and christened last week. In recent years the yard at Flekkefjord in southern Norway has focused on the oil and gas industry, but with the downturn in that sector, Simek has returned to its roots in fishing.
Dutch fishing company Parlevliet en van der Plas has ended its troubled Australian operation.
A new 800 square metre purse seine hotel was opened a few days ago by Cosmos Trawl in Hirtshals. It has space for eight of the largest purse seines and practically the entire space has been booked for the next ten years.
Neskaupstaður company Síldarvinnslan has had a busy few months since the start of the mackerel season in mid-July. This season’s landings have totalled close to 69,000 tonnes.
The latest pelagic vessel to join the Scottish fleet is the Kings Cross, built for the Buchan and Wiseman families by Karstensens in Skagen, and a string of newbuilds is set to follow it.
Icelandic processor Vinnslustöðin hf. í Vestmannaeyjum (VSV) has opted for blast freezing technology at its pelagic processing plant in the Westmann Islands.
Swan Net Gundry’s 95x51fm design is a proving popular choice for leading Scottish and Irish pelagic vessels.
Vónin’s sales force was boosted on the first of September as Frederik Hansen joined the company, taking responsibility for sales of pelagic fishing gear with Jógvan S. Jacobsen.