Tag: Iceland
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 ...
Earnings up for Icelandic fishing and processing ventures. Gross profit, EBITDA as a proportion of operating revenue (excluding transactions of raw materials between enterprises) increased from 21.2% to 25.2% in the Icelandic fishing and fish ...
Iceland seafood moves on Elba SL. Iceland Seafood International has announced it has agreed heads of terms with GPG seafood ehf and IceMar ehf, the current owners of Elba S.L. (“Elba”) to acquire the Barcelona ...
Icelandic herring season draws to a close. The herring catching season for Icelandic fishing company Brim has come to end following the the docking of the pelagic vessel Víkingur at Vopnafjörður with 1275 tonnes of ...
Brim and Marel sign installation agreement. Brim and Marel, one of the global leaders in designing and making of fish processing equipment and software, have signed an agreement for the installation of high-tech equipment and ...
Brim to buy two Icelandic fisheries companies. Brim has signed a contract to buy two fisheries companies in Hafnarfjörður in Iceland – Fiskvinnslan Kambur hf. and Grábrók ehf. Each of the two companies operate one ...
Brim receives environmental award. Icelandic fishing company and seafood processor, Brim, has received The Environmental Awards of Confederation of Iceland Enterprises for the year 2019. President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, presented the awards to ...
Good Herring Fishing in Icelandic Waters – A pelagic trawler belonging to Icelandic seafood and fishing company, Brim, has reported good herring fishing in IIcelandic waters. “There has been good fishing, but the herring have ...
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