Síldarvinnslan buys Vísir
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…
Síldarvinnslan buys into Norwegian salmon giant
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…
Icelandic pelagic fleet gearing up for mackerel
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…
First blue whiting landings to Iceland
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…
Pelagic fleet prepares for blue whiting
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…
Icelandic trawler’s record Barents Sea trip
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 –…
Capelin roe production at Síldarvinnslan’s Neskaupstaður plant. Images: Síldarvnnslan/Smári Geirsson
New roe production starts up
The new capelin roe processing line is designed to double production capacity during the short roe season. The system went through an initial dry run, and the first production went…
Neskaupstaður net loft hasn’t been so busy for years
There’s plenty of activity at Hampiðjan’s Neskaupstaður net loft at the moment, and according to manager Jón Einar Marteinsson, it’s a long time since there has been quite so much…
Queueing to land capelin
Pelagic vessels are lining up to land at Síldarvinnslan’s plants in Neskaupstaður and Seyðisfjörður, and the first capelin landings of the season have arrived at the Vinnslustöðin plant in the…
Polar Ammasak collected its capelin trawl gear from Hampiðjan’s Neskaupstaður net loft. Image: Hampiðjan
Familiar sight returns to Neskaupstaður
Greenlandic pelagic vessel Polar Ammasak is ready to start fishing after calling at Hampiðjan’s Neskaupstaður net loft to pick up a capelin trawl and codend. Built in 1997 as Eros…