Investing in engineering
Vónin has acquired Danish engineering and design company Volu Ventis. Based in Silkeborg, Volu Ventis and its managing director Søren Hjørt have a long background in the energy and green…
Experienced trawl master Oddmar Ørvarodd has come ashore to join Vónin’s pelagic sales team
Bringing experience to Vónin’s pelagic team
Experienced trawl specialist Oddmar Ørvarodd has joined Vónin’s pelagic sales team. He comes from a position as a chief trawl master on board Nikolay Telenkov, which has been trawling in…
Vónin’s 2600 scores on scattered fish
After the heavy fishing that takes place on blue whiting west of Ireland every spring, with its tight marks and short tows, the character of the fishery changes as the…
Willem van der Zwan SCH-302 called in Fuglafjörður to pick up its new Vónin 2300 trawl. Image: Vónin
Dutch pelagic fleet goes for Vónin 2300
Vónin’s 2300 metre pelagic trawl has been around for a while and has already proved what it can do for the Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian, Russian and UK fishing vessels that…
The Flyer is easily clipped to the headline of the trawl when needed
Giving the headline a lift with the Flyer
Lee West came across Vónin’s Flyer on the internet, and decided it was worth a try as a way of getting more headline height. He works the 14 metre Copious…
Venture III is fishing with a 4.50 square metre pair of Vónin’s Storm trawl doors
Storm doors stay steady under extreme conditions
Scottish trawler Venture III BF-326 has been fishing with a pair of 4.50 square metre Storm trawl doors from Vónin, and both of the trawler’s skippers are delighted with the…
The MOWI team wanted to see Faroese fish farming for themselves
Vónin moorings and nets for high-energy sites
With high-energy aquaculture sites to oversee in Scotland’s Western Isles, Mowi Regional Seawater Manager Kris Laird wanted to see for himself how Faroese Fish Farmers operate in highly exposed environments…
Vónin’s Zenith trawl reaches for more height than the conventional Bacalao trawls. Image: Vónin
Vónin’s Zenith reaches for height
Vónin's new groundfish trawl has already shown some promising results on saithe, haddock and redfish. Vónin’s Bacalao trawls have been a longstanding part of the company’s gear inventory, and while…
Vónin has developed its own roller clumps. Image: Vónin
Quality pays off
Vónin has seen quite some growth in the Barents Sea fleet that trusts its shrimp gear to deliver the right results. While the company has a long-established reputation for shrimp…
Avataq is the second of two new Skipsteknisk-designed trawlers built at Astilleros de Murueta for Royal Greenland. Image: Vónin
Vónin supplies Avataq’s shrimp gear
Royal Greenland’s brand new trawler Avataq, designed by Skipsteknisk and built at the Murueta shipyard in Spain, stopped in the Faroe Islands before heading for Greenland. Designed to focus on…