Síldarvinnslan’s factory trawler Blængur docked in Norðfjörður yesterday after a disappointing redfish trip on the Reykjanes Ridge south-west of Iceland. With the annual Seamen’s Day celebrations taking place in Icelandic…
HB Grandi’s factory trawler Höfrungur III docked in Reykjavík early this morning after a four-week trip that included one half-landing. This trip’s catch was a green weight of 860 tonnes,…
New Vinnslustöðin trawler Breki has begun fishing on redfish south of the Westmann Islands as the crew get to grips with the new vessel´s systems.
Hampiðjan’s fishing gear sales manager Sæmundur Árnason joined Russian trawler Rybak on the Reykjanes Ridge deep south-west of Iceland to help the crew familiarise themselves with the new Gloria pelagic trawl and Thyborøn doors, and dropped right away onto some good fishing.
All of the HB Grandi fleet is now at sea, with the exception of one of its pelagic vessels currently on the slipway for routine maintenance.
Changes taking place in export markets and Iceland’s currency gaining strength have hit processors.
This summer Icelandic fishing company Síldarvinnslan has been trialling storage of golden redfish in chilled water, in collaboration with Matís, IceFresh GmbH and the Students’ Innovation Fund.
Elusive saithe can disappear and then just as suddenly reappear, according to one of HB Grandi’s skippers, now fishing off the Westfjords of Iceland.
HB Grandi’s factory trawler Theney is back in home waters after a trip to the Russian zone of the Barents Sea that started in early June.
Trawl trials on redfish with a T90 codend supplied by Fjardanet in Akureyri, which is part of the Hampidjan Group, have already produced promising results. The codend appears to filter out small redfish in significant amounts and the results look to be similar to those obtained by the Marine Research Institute to separate out small cod while trawling off western Iceland.