Tag: Iceland
Brim joins the fight against marine plastic pollution – Icelandic integrated fish catcher and seafood processor, Brim hf., has become the main sponsor of the environmental organisation The Blue Army that has for 25 years ...
Generational transition in the ownership of Samherji. The largest shareholders of Icelandic seafood giant Samherji, Ms Helga Steinunn Guðmundsdóttir, Mr Thorsteinn Már Baldvinsson, Mr Kristján Vilhelmsson and Ms Kolbrún Ingólfsdóttir, have transferred their shares in ...
Blue whiting proving elusive for Icelandic vessels. Blue whiting is proving elusive for Icelandic fishing vessels as they search out for the best marks. ‘It hasn’t been bad, but there’s no heavy fishing,” said Theódór ...
Increased capacity for Samherji’s land-based fish farming site in Iceland. Construction is currently underway at Samherji’s land-based fish farming site in Grindavík, Iceland. Three new sea holes have been drilled in the lava at the ...
Blue whiting proving elusive for Icelandic vessels. Two Icelandic pelagic vessels have had no luck so far in finding blue whiting as they migrate northwards towards the Faroese EEZ. “We’ve been here for five days ...
VSV Record Salt Fish Production – Icelandic fishery and processor VSV has during the first three months of the year produced more salt fish than in the whole of 2018. If this continues, then production ...
Icelandic fishing crew careful to self-isolate. The crew of the Brim operated Icelandic freezer trawler Höfrungur III is taking coronavirus precautions as it fishes to provide food for our plates. Skipper Arnar Haukur Ævarsson said: ...
Skaginn 3X boosts sales management team. Fish processing machinery manufacturer Skaginn 3X has announced the addition of two new regional managers to its sales team, Ágúst Ágústsson and Ingvar Vilhjálmsson. Ágúst and Ingvar will both ...
Capacity trip for Icelandic fresher trawler. Brim’s fresher trawler Helga María is on its way back to fishing grounds after landing a capacity trip in Reykjavík last Monday (16 March). According to skipper Friðleifur Einarsson, ...
Value of Icelandic catch increased by 13.4% in 2019. The total catch of Icelandic vessels was 1,048 thousand tonnes in the year 2019 which, according to preliminary data, is 211 thousand tonnes less than in ...
Marathon blue whiting fishing trip. Brim’s Icelandic pelagic vessels Venus and Víkingur are fishing for blue whiting in waters west of the southern tip of Ireland, after steaming 800 nautical miles from Reykjavík. Víkingur’s skipper ...
Icelandic cod, haddock and saithe fisheries re-certified. An independent certification committee of Global Trust/SAI Global has re-certificated the Icelandic cod, haddock and saithe fisheries. The certification demonstrates that the fisheries are managed in a responsible ...
Storms hit Icelandic fishing fleet activity. Severe storms since the start of the year has curtailed the activities of the Icelandic fishing fleet, according to fisheries and seafood company, Brim. ‘We can’t complain over the ...
Record year for Icelandic trawler. The overall catch landed by Icelandic company Brim’s fresher trawler Viðey in 2019 came to 10,177 tonnes. This is the first time that a trawler landing fresh catches in ice ...
Icelandic vessel nets reasonable catch on first trip of the year. Despite the weather, the skipper of the Brim owned Icerlandic vessel Akurey, has reported reasonable catches on its first trip of the year. ‘I’m ...
Icelandic fleet completes blue whiting fishery for this year. Bri’ms pelagic vessels Venus and Víkingur docked in Vopnafjörður in Iceland last Sunday, with both having around 2100 tonnes of blue whiting in their tanks. Skipper ...
Thai Union invests in Icelandic cod company. Thai Union Group PCL has announced that it has made a strategic investment in Aegir Seafood Company, one of the leading producers of cod liver in Iceland. The ...
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