New quota year nerves
‘I have to be frank. I’m nervous about the new quota year. There are large amounts of golden redfish, haddock and cod everywhere. Instead of increases, the quotas quotas are…
Vigri’s year gets off to a decent start
‘We didn’t get to the south-west fishing grounds this trip, and we spent the whole time on the Westfjords grounds, although we went as far east as the Skagagrunn. The…
Beating a retreat from Westfjords weather
Freezer trawler Vigri is in Reykjavík with 360 tonnes on board. This is the result of the second part of the current trip, following a half-landing a week previously when…
Good fishing and fine weather
Two of Brim’s factory trawlers are alongside in Reykjavík after completing long Barents Sea trips. ‘Fishing has been good and we were fortunate that we had fine weather practically the…
Vigri is coming to the end of the first trip of the year. Image: Brim
Fine fishing – for the time of year
Brim’s freezer trawler Vigri is fishing in the Víkuráll Gully area in some foul weather, according to skipper Árni Gunnólfsson, who said that conditions have been difficult every day since…
Vigri has had nothing but heavy weather for the first ten days of its trip
Good fishing – when the weather gives us a chance
‘We’re making steady progress. The problem is that the weather has been terrible all through this trip. There have been a few breaks between storms, and that’s when we’re able…
Brim’s freezer trawler Vigri landing in Reykjavík
Steady fishing on mixed fish
Brim’s freezer trawler Vigri is fishing on the Hali grounds west of Iceland and according to skipper Árni Gunnólfsson, there’s steady fishing there for mixed fish. ‘We’ve been here for…
Brim factory trawler Vigri landed a full trip, focusing on saithe
Saithe all over
Brim’s factory trawler Vigri is now fishing off the Westfjords after landing in Reykjavík on Sunday and Monday this week. According to skipper Eythór Atli Scott, the trip just finished…
Vigri is fishing on deep water grounds west of Iceland
Doing well on deep water grounds
‘Right now we’re on the Hampiðjan Square, along with most of the freezer trawler fleet. There has been fine fishing here and we have a green weight of 630 tonnes…
Along with the rest of the fleet, Vigri was forced to seek shelter during the spell of exceptionally wild weather that hit Iceland earlier this week
Fine fishing – in between wild weather
‘We’ve gone back north to the Hali grounds. The weather forced us off the Westfjords fishing grounds. So the decision was to head for Reykjavík for a half-landing, then wait…