Tag: Icelandic fishing industry
Good start to year for Icelandic trawler. Brim’s fresher trawler Akurey is fishing on Westfjords grounds after landing a 140-145 tonne first trip this year. The catch was landed in Reykjavík last week. Skipper Eiríkur ...
Praise for Samherji stalwart. Haraldur Grétarsson will resign from the European operations of Samherji Holding ehf. in early April. Mr. Grétarsson has held the position of managing director of the Deutsche Fischfang Union (DFFU) in ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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: ...
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 ...
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