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Arnarlax achieves ASC Icelandic salmon farmer Arnarlax has achieved Aquaculture Stewardship Certification (ASC) for its farming site at Laugardalur. ASC is one of the most stringent environmental certifications in world aquaculture. The ASC standard has ...
Icelandic fish catch slightly down year-on-year. The catch of Icelandic vessels in October 2020 was 86,774 tonnes. The total catch of demersal species was nearly 40 thousand tonnes, 3% more than in October last year. ...
UK and Iceland to step up cooperation on fisheries. The UK has yesterday (11th November) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Iceland to boost cooperation on fisheries matters. As the UK prepares to leave the ...
Pandemic brings challenges for Iceland Seafood International. The first half of the year has brought considerable challenges to the operation of Iceland Seafood International, says CEO Bjarni Ármannsson. He said: “The financial and operational strength ...
Good summer for Icelandic trawler. Icelandic fresher trawler Akurey docked in Sauðárkrókur last week after a trip deep off the Strandagrunn grounds. Brim’s trawler Akurey, has spent most of the summer fishing off the north ...
Icelandic fish catches dropped last month. The fish catch of Icelandic vessels in July 2020 was about 90 thousand tonnes. The total catch of demersal species was 31 thousand tonnes, 18% less than in July ...
Decent showing of Hali cod. Brim’s fresher trawler Helga María is on the Hali grounds off the Westfjords, where there’s some good fishing for cod, according to skipper Heimir Guðbjörnsson ‘Last week we finished our ...
Seine nets don’t come smarter than this. “These seine nets are pure genius, plus there has been heavy fishing all summer,” said Stefán Egilsson, skipper of Thingeyri seine netter Egill. He is one of a ...
Icelandic mackerel season gets off to a slow start – The Icelandic mackerel season, which began for fish processor Síldarvinnslan at the end of last month, has started slowly. The vessels have mainly been fishing ...
Fisheries research and innovation centre set-up in Iceland. Icelandic seafood company Brim and the Municipal Council of Akranes, home of fish processing machinery company Skaginn 3X’s headquarters, have joined forces to establish a research and ...
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: ...
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