Herring season gets underway
With its mackerel quota mostly caught by now, the Icelandic pelagic fleet is turning its attention to herring, and has around 100,000 tonnes of Atlanto-Scandian herring to be caught. The…
With its mackerel quota mostly caught by now, the Icelandic pelagic fleet is turning its attention to herring, and has around 100,000 tonnes of Atlanto-Scandian herring to be caught. The…
Pelagic vessel Börkur landed 960 tonnes of mackerel to Síldarvinnslan’s Neskaupstaður plant this week. According to production manager Jón Gunnar Sigurjónsson, they have been processing the largest and best-quality mackerel…
International aquafeed producer BioMar and Icelandic fishing and processing group Síldarvinnslan have signed an MoU to join forces in building a high-tech aquafeed production facility in Iceland. This would put…
The Icelandic fleet’s mackerel fishery in international waters has picked up over the last few days, supporting full production at Síldarvinnslan’s factories in eastern Iceland. The 1100 tonnes landed by…
Icelandic fishing and processing company Síldarvinnslan is in the process of acquiring Grindavík company Vísir. Based in the east of Iceland, Sildarvinnslan operates pelagic and demersal vessels, processing plants and…
Icelandic fishing and processing company Síldarvinnslan has reached an agreement with Bremesco Holding Limited and a group of shareholders to acquire a 34,2% holding in Arctic Fish Holding. The purchase…
With the winter capelin and blue whiting season behind them, Iceland’s pelagic fleet is gearing up for the summer mackerel season. The Síldarvinnslan fleet is expected to start hunting for…
Fishing for blue whiting is underway in the grey zone south for the Faroe Islands, with Icelandic and Faroese pelagic vessels at work there. The first landing in Iceland was…
With the first big capelin season for years behind them, the Icelandic pelagic fleet is no gearing up for the blue whiting fishery, and the first pelagic vessels have already…
Síldarvinnlan’s freezer trawler Blængur is alongside after completing a record 40-day trip to the Barents Sea, docked in Neskaupstaður where the catch valued at ISK635 million in being discharged –…