Tag: Iceland
Good Fishing Off Iceland – Icelandic integrated fishing company, HB Grandi, reports that its fresher trawler Akurey docked in Reykjavík earlier this week with a full fishroom, 190 tonnes, after a short trip. Magnús Kristjánsson, ...
Icelandic catch values soar. The total value of catch from Icelandic fishing vessels in February was 11.2 billion ISK, 24.7% more than in February 2018. Demersal catch value was 9.8 billion ISK, an increase of ...
Icelandic blue whiting season comes to an end. The HB Grandi fishing vessel Venus finished discharging its catch at Vopnafjörður earlier this week and is now in Akureyri ahead of being dry-docked. According to skipper ...
Icelandic blue whiting fishery slows down. The Icelandic blue whiting fishery has slowed down over the last week, according to a fishing skipper in the HB Grandi fleet. ‘The blue whiting fishery is very quiet ...
Mervyn King visits HB Grandi. Mervyn King, former Governor of the Bank of England paid Icelandic fishing company HB Grandi a visit recently by the invitation of the Association of Savings Holders lecturing on Economic ...
Redfish prove elusive for Icelandic trawler. The skipper of the HB Grandi operated trawler, Akurey, says redfish proved elusive on his most recent trip, although the vessel achieved good catches of cod and haddock. Skipper ...
Icelandic catch values rise. The value of catch from Icelandic vessels in January 2019 was 10.6 billion ISK, 10.2% more than in January 2018. Demersal catch value was 9.6 billion ISK, an increase of 35.7%. ...
New processing technology from Marel at Seafood Expo global. Exciting new fish processing technology will on display at Marel’s stand #4-6227 in Brussels this year, with live demonstrations, product launches and expert advice on how ...
Blue whiting stocks appear healthy, says Icelandic skipper. HB Grandi’s pelagic vessel Víkingur is on its way to Vopnafjörður in Iceland with a full payload of blue whiting caught at the southern end of the ...
Extend Shelflife and Reduce Waste – Processors need to invest to extend shelf life and reduce waste says Gus Pastoor at Fish Waste for Profit The second day of last week’s Fish Waste for Profit ...
Utilising Fish Waste A Huge Challenge – The Fish Waste for Profit conference last week in Reykjavík heard a keynote address from Hörður Kristinsson, chief science and innovation officer at Matís, who noted that while ...
Blue Whiting Fishery Picking Up – One of the skippers from Iceland’s HB Grandi’s fleet says there are signs that the Northeast Atlantic blue whiting fishery is picking up. ‘We’re hoping that the fishing gets ...
Icelandic Fish Catch Falls in March The landed catch of Icelandic vessels in March 2019 was over 118 thousand tonnes which is a 25% decrease from March 2018. Much of the fall can be attributed ...
HB Grandi signs recycling declaration of intent. Iceland fishing and seafood company HB Grandi has signed a declaration of intent for the recycling and export of EPS (expanded polystyrene). The project is based on an ...
Skaginn 3X and Frost to supply Russian super trawler for Collective Farm Fishery by V.I. Lenin in a landmark deal. Icelandic food processing leader Skaginn 3X and refrigeration systems compatriot Frost have secured a multi-million ...
Saithe scarce for Icelandic fishing trawler. The Icelandic fishing vessel, Akurey, operated by HB Grandi, has just completed a challenging fishing trip with a scarcity of saithe and a storm all contributing to the unpredictability ...
Icelandic aquaculture quadruples in last decade. There has been a significant growth in aquaculture in Iceland and fish farming activities have quadrupled in the last decade. In 2018, the production was 19 thousand tonnes, which ...
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