Tag: Iceland
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 ...
Skaginn 3X seals deal for wet salted cod. Icelandic food processing specialist Skaginn 3X has secured a milestone deal with Russia based, Norebo’s Polar Sea+ LLC, supplying the company with a state-of-the-art automatic processing line ...
Three Icelandic fisheries achieve certification. SAI Global´s Fishery Certification Committee has granted three key Icelandic commercial fisheries full certification to the IRFM Standard version 2.0. The fisheries concerned are: 1. Icelandic Common Ling (Molva molva) ...
Greenland fisheries research trip concludes. Brim (formerly HB Grandi) owned fresher trawler Helga María is now on its way home to Iceland after a busy 81-day research assignment off West Greenland on behalf of the ...
Iceland Catch Up in July 2019 – 95,000 tonnes of fish landed by Iceland last month The total landed catch of Icelandic vessels in July 2019 was 94.6 thousand tonnes which is a 1% increase ...
Strong start for Icelandic mackerel season. The Icelandic mackerel fishing season has got off to a good start, according to Magnús Róbertsson, production manager at HB Grandi’s Vopnafjörður factory in Iceland. ‘This good mackerel fishing ...
HB Grandi shareholders meeting to discuss Asia acquisitions and name change. A shareholders meeting of Icelandic fishing and seafood giant HB Grandi will be held on August 15 2019 to confirm two recent decisions made ...
Name change for Icelandic seafood producer sparked by Asia move. The Board of Directors of Icelandic seafood producer HB Grandi hf. has approved a purchase agreement of seafood sales companies in Asia and to submit ...
Icelandic seafood exports increase. In 2018 the export production of Icelandic marine products amounted to 240 billion ISK and increased by 22% from the previous year, 24% at constant prices. The total export in 2018 ...
Icelandic fishing vessel has record trip. The HB Grandi freezer trawler Vigri has just enjoyed a highly successful 23-day trip to the Russian part of the Barents Sea, with a cod catch of 1210 tonnes, ...
Free trade agreement between Iceland and China. Proven to preserve freshness and increase shelf life, SUB-CHILLING™ technology by Skaginn 3X, will play a big role in delivering premium quality product to China. Both Laxar and ...
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 ...
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