Good fishing – weather permitting
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,…
Breki starts on redfish
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.
Whole redfish fleet using Gloria pelagic gear
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.
Fleet back at sea
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.
More fish, less value
Changes taking place in export markets and Iceland’s currency gaining strength have hit processors.
Chilled redfish trials
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.
A good summer’s fishing
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.
Home for the summer
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.
Releasing the small redfish – alive
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.
Mark’s new Gloria trawl works like a dream
Hampidjan’s fishing gear specialist Aðalsteinn Snæbjörnsson spent a trip on redfish in the Irminger Sea to help the crew of German trawler Mark with their new pelagic Gloria trawl.