pelagic fishing

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A sharp drop in pelagic catches saw the total volume of fish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet fall by 22% or more than 19,000 tonnes year-on-year to 68,190 tonnes in May 2025,…

18th June 2025

Icelandic fisheries production down 22% in May

18th June 2025

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Built for Faroese fishing company Framherji, Høgaberg has joined the long series of pelagic vessels delivered by the Karstensen yard. Skipper Høgni Hansen took the new purser-trawler to start on blue whiting…

28th May 2025

Høgaberg joins Faroese fleet

28th May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The blue whiting season for the Scottish pelagic fleet is approaching its conclusion, with the fishery expected to wrap up within the next fortnight.

2nd April 2025

Scottish blue whiting season nears end

2nd April 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A rise in pelagic catches lifted the total volume of fish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet by 3% or more than 2,000 tonnes year-on-year to 69,945 tonnes in February 2025, according to…

18th March 2025

Icelandic fisheries landings up 3% in February

18th March 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Icelandic fishing vessels caught a total 995,296 tonnes of fish and shellfish in 2024 which represented a decrease of 28% compared with the previous year, new industry figures confirm. The decline is…

4th March 2025

Icelandic fisheries’ volume, value decline

4th March 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Drops in the pelagic, flatfish and shellfish catches led the total volume of fish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet in January 2025 to fall by 11% or more than 9,300 tonnes year-on-year…

19th February 2025

Icelandic landings down 11% in January

19th February 2025

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

A total 993,972 tonnes of fish and shellfish was caught by Iceland’s fishing fleet in 2024, representing a decrease of 28% on the previous year’s volume (1.38 million tonnes), according to preliminary…

20th January 2025

Icelandic catch falls by over a quarter

20th January 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A lift in the pelagic catch led the total volume of fish and shellfish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet in November 2024 to rise by 7% or more than 6,300 tonnes year-on-year…

16th December 2024

Icelandic fisheries landings up 7% in November

16th December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The value of Iceland’s fish catch in the first nine months of 2024 was ISK 125.7 billion, according to preliminary figures published by Statistics Iceland. This total represents a 19% decrease compared…

3rd December 2024

Icelandic catch shrinks

3rd December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

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

30th October 2024

Northeast Atlantic agreement reached on mackerel, blue whiting and herring

30th October 2024