Hunting halibut through the ice
This year’s fishery for halibut at Qaanaaq in Greenland has got off to a good start, with good catches of Greenland halibut caught around 70 kilometres inside the fjord. At…
Arctic Fish Greenland's new factory in Nuussuaq is now open. Image: Royal Greenland
Nuussuaq’s new factory open for business
Arctic Fish Greenland A/S's new factory in the village of Nuussuaq is now open, with the first day’s production on Thursday last week. ‘The factory was ready for production since…
Tasiilaq is now fishing for blue whiting in Faroese waters. Image: Royal Greenland
Tasiilaq handed over to Greenland owners
Pelagic vessel Tasiilaq has been acquired from Faroese owners, replacing an older, smaller vessel which had already been sold this summer. The former Christian í Grótinum (ex-Kvannøy) brings Pelagic Greenland,…
Royal Greenland’s Qeqertarsuaq factory has seen a great crab season this year. Image: Mona Lisa Isaksen
Good crab season for Royal Greenland’s Qeqertarsuaq factory
Royal Greenland’s factory in Qeqertarsuaq has this season beaten last year’s crab season by 200 tonnes, making this a fine season for fishermen and the local economy, according to factory…
In 2019, Royal Greenland's procurement of live cod from the coastal quota was below 20%, while this year it is around 35%. Image: Royal Greenland
Better quality and better prices with live cod
At this time of the year with the price of cod falling, increased landings of live cod mean better earnings for both fishermen and Royal Greenland. Demand for cod is…
Royal Greenland’s trawler Avataq landed a 927 tonne trip in Sisimuit. Image: Royal Greenland
Avataq sets a record – again
It has only taken two and a half months for Royal Greenland’s Avataq to break its own record. At the beginning of August Avataq landed 927 tonnes of shrimp, beating…
Factory trawler Sisimiut has been brought in to cope with the volumes of live cod from coastal fisheries. Image: Royal Greenland/Inuuteq Kriegel
Greenland’s successful live cod season
Supplies of live cod from coastal fishermen have been so abundant that Royal Greenland’s factory and the wellboat used for live fish collection have struggled to keep up. The live…
Royal Greenland’s trawler Avataq has set a record with a 903 tonne landing. Image: Royal Greenland
Royal Greenland’s Avataq sets new record
With 903 tonnes discharged in Sisimiut, the landing by shrimp trawler Avataq is the largest on record in Greenland. ‘It isn’t a surprise that we fished more than the usual…
Royal Greenland hopes to buy 5000 tonnes of live cod from coastal fishermen this year. Image: Inga Egede/Royal Greenland
Greenland’s live cod season
Royal Greenland is ready to start buying live cod from fishermen along the coast of Greenland. ‘We are allowed to fetch fish from Paamiut in the south to Disko Bay…
Royal Greenland’s Paamiut factory can now provide year-round employment for its staff. Image: Royal Greenland/Jan Jørgensen
Royal Greenland halibut initiative means year-round employment
A new initiative at Royal Greenland’s plant in Paamiut to produce fillets from Greenland halibut provides 35 year-round jobs. The Paamiut factory was rebuilt last autumn, when a production line…