Iceland

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The total volume of fish and shellfish landed by the Icelandic fishing fleet last year fell by 3% or more than 39,000 tonnes compared to 2022 to 1,378,768 tonnes, according to preliminary…

1st February 2024

Iceland’s 2023 catch decreases

1st February 2024

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

The founders of Icelandic seafood company, Samherji have set up a new company to drive innovation and create jobs in the Eyjafjördur region.

3rd January 2024

Samherji founders set up innovation company

3rd January 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The total volume of fish and shellfish landed by the Icelandic fishing fleet in November increased by 24% or more than 17,000 tonnes year-on-year to 87,695 tonnes, according to preliminary figures for…

22nd December 2023

Herring boosts Iceland’s November ’23 catch

22nd December 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A total 1,116,281 tonnes of fisheries products were caught by Iceland’s fishing fleet in the first three quarters of this year, representing a decrease of 4% on the corresponding period of 2022,…

4th December 2023

Iceland catching less fish this year but its value increases

4th December 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The volume of fish and shellfish landed by the Iceland’s fishing fleet fell by 5% or 6,368 tonnes year-on-year in October 2023 to a total 129,473 tonnes, according to preliminary figures for…

16th November 2023

Iceland’s October catch decreases

16th November 2023

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Seafood company Brim hf and processing equipment supplier Vélfag have signed an agreement for the purchase the first UNO machine in Iceland. It will be installed at Brim’s Kambur processing facility in…

10th November 2023

Brim invests in Iceland’s first UNO

10th November 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

High value mackerel from Irish waters should be used for human consumption in Ireland, and not utlised as an animal feed ingredient in other countries, the country’s fishing industry has insisted ahead…

31st October 2023

Fishers insist mackerel shouldn’t go to animal feeds

31st October 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Delegations of the European Union, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Norway and the United Kingdom have reached an agreement on the management measures for mackerel, blue whiting and Atlanto-Scandian herring in the…

25th October 2023

Northeast Atlantic mackerel, blue whiting and herring quotas set

25th October 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Bergen, Norway-headquartered Mowi achieved a company-wide salmon harvest of 135,000 tonnes in the third-quarter of this year, representing a volume increase of 1,000 tonnes compared with the corresponding period of 2022.

18th October 2023

Mowi’s Q3 harvest edges up, earnings drop

18th October 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Lovund, Norway-based salmon farmer Nova Sea AS has implemented Maritech Purchase & Sales, a cloud solution tailored to support processes throughout the global seafood value chain. 

17th October 2023

Salmon farmer Nova Sea partners with Maritech

17th October 2023