Back on blue whiting
As the blue whiting fishery again gets underway for the Icelandic pelagic fleet, Síldarvinnslan’s Börkur has made a strong start. Börkur sailed on Sunday and reported 860 tonnes for its…
As the blue whiting fishery again gets underway for the Icelandic pelagic fleet, Síldarvinnslan’s Börkur has made a strong start. Börkur sailed on Sunday and reported 860 tonnes for its…
Pelagic vessel Barði drifted for three hours after an engine room fire on board left the vessel without power. The vessel was towed to Tórshavn. Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessel Barði had…
Over the last few days Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessels have been fishing exceptionally well, and are either alongside or on their way to discharge blue whiting. Barði docked on Monday this…
Icelandic fishing and processing group Síldarvinnslan has laid up two of its older trawlers, replacing these with a single vessel. The newcomer to the fleet is fresher trawler Birtingur, which…
The capelin season in Iceland is coming to an end, with a short, successful roe fishery to finish it off for this year. ‘We have caught the roughly 18,000 tonnes…
Síldarvinnslan’s plant in Neskaupstaður has seen a string of pelagic vessels delivering capelin catches, with over 6000 tonnes landed over last weekend as the high-value roe season is now fully…
With pelagic vessel Börkur due to land this morning, the roe phase of the capelin season is about to begin, with production set to begin today. The roe production facilities…
Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessel Börkur is alongside in Neskaupstaður to discharge 2100 tonnes of capelin. ‘This trip went well in every way and the catch was more than we had intended,’…
With the capelin season in full swing, staff at Síldarvinnslan’s cold store in Neskaupstaður have been busy as 2585 tonnes of frozen herring and mackerel products have been loaded onto…
The first blue whiting of 2026 has been landed to Síldarvinnslan’s Neskaupstaður plant as Greenlandic pelagic vessel Polar Amaroq delivered 2000 tonnes caught in Faroese waters. Iceland and the Faroe…