Fishing season underway in Iceland
Trawlers have revealed that they have enjoyed excellent fishing conditions since the beginning of the new fishing year. Bjarni Gardarsson, captain of ...
HB Grandi sees rise in profits
Icelandic fishing company HB Grandi has recorded profit increases of 20 million euros in the third quarter of the year, a year-on-year jump of 106 per...
Millions of dead herring wash ashore in Iceland
Thousands of tonnes of dead herring have been discovered washed ashore in west Iceland. The Icelandic newspaper Morgunbladid reported that the dead fi...
Mass herring death a mystery in Norway
Scientists have yet to agree on why thousands of dead herring have washed up on a Norwegian beach in the last week.
Sweden pleads to keep rotten fish dish
Sweden is fighting the EU in a battle to save a national delicacy made of fermented herrings. Surstroemming, which is so stinky it has to be eaten out...
Good herring catch predicted in Iceland
It is predicted that Iceland’s total takings from herring fisheries this year will be 12-14 billion kronur, assuming a price of 50,000 kronur per tonn...
Strange behaviour: herring in Icelandic harbours
Herring have been found in great numbers in and around Hafnarfjordur Harbour in recent weeks. The herring seem to be swimming in and out of the harbou...
Good and bad news for Icelandic fishermen
“This is of course very positive news. This is the best news we’ve had in a long time,” says Fridrik J. Arngrimsson, managing director of LIU (The Fed...