Herring everywhere
Pelagic vessel Beitir docked in Neskaupstaður on Sunday to discharge 1580 tonnes of herring to Síldarvinnslan’s processing plant. According to skipper Sturla Thórðarson, this was a short trip, with the…
Pelagic vessel Beitir docked in Neskaupstaður on Sunday to discharge 1580 tonnes of herring to Síldarvinnslan’s processing plant. According to skipper Sturla Thórðarson, this was a short trip, with the…
It’s almost ten years since Icelandic fishing and processing giant Síldarvinnslan acquired processor Brimberg in the east coast port of Seyðisfjörður, and its trawler Gullver, with a pledge to keep…
Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessel Beitir docked this week in Neskaupstaður with 700 tonnes of mackerel on board, which is expected to be the company’s final mackerel landing of this season. According…
Síldarvinnslan’s freezer trawler Blængur docked last week and is already back at sea. The catch was a green weight of 830 tonnes of mainly saithe and redfish, making 20,500 cartons…
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…
Síldarvinnslan’s factory trawler Blængur has sailed after a short stopover in Neskaupstaður to land its catch after a 27-day trip. This was a trip on mixed fishing, with a green…
The Icelandic fleet has already begun fishing for mackerel in international waters. After searching for a while the pelagic vessels are at work in the Banana Loophole, with the first…
The blue whiting fishery for the Síldarvinnslan fleet has come to a close for the time being, with the last landing to season to the company’s plant in Neskaupstaður earlier…
Despite initial concerns, the capelin season in Icelandic waters that has just ended turned out to be one of the best for a long time, according to fishing and processing…
Heavy snow on the east of Iceland and a high risk of avalanches has held up processing the last few landings made to Síldarvinnslan’s production plants in Neskaupstaður and Seyðisfjörður.…