Fishing and processing company Pelagos is set to acquire the PP Faroe Pelagic Factory in Kollafjørður, making the company the Faroe Islands’ largest freezing plants operator. The shareholders of PP…
The Icelandic fleet’s herring fishery has begun, with pelagic vessel Barði landing 560 tonnes of Atlanto-Scandian herring to Síldarvinnslan’s Neskaupstaður processing plant at the weekend. Accordoing to skipper Thorkell Pétursson,…
The Icelandic fleet fishing for mackerel has shifted well offshore, following a spell of good catches in home waters. At the weekend Barði landed 1400 tonnes of mackerel caught in…
The christening of new pelagic trawler Sille Marie is taking place today (12th August) at the quayside in Kristiansand, the new vessel having been delivered to fishing company Sille Marie…
Icelandic research vessel Árni Friðriksson has completed its participation in this year’s international North Atlantic pelagic survey. During the 19-day survey, Árni Friðriksson steamed 3250 nautical miles and and 43…
One of the world’s largest fisheries, for anchovy in Peruvian waters, has got off to a difficult start this year as the decision was taken last month not to open…
Four vessels are participating in this year’s ecosystem survey in northern waters, using trawl gear to gauge volumes of mackerel, and sonar data to estimate amounts of herring and cod.…
Síldarvinnslan’s processing plant in Neskaupstaður has maintained full production of mackerel, despite patchy fishing over the last week. Mackerel are now being fished in home waters, and the company’s pelagic…
DEFRA funding has been key to the go-ahead for the Lerwick Port Authority is to undertake another major land reclamation project, this time to accommodate future expansion by the pelagic…
VSV’s pelagic vessel Gullberg is alongside in the Westman Islands to discharge 1100 tonnes of mackerel, most of which was caught off the south coast. Skipper Jón Atli Gunnarsson said…