Iceland stakes claim in Rockall row
Iceland's claim to the contentious lump of granite in the North Atlantic Ocean comes after Scotland threatened legal action against Irish trawlers fishing in its waters
Norway sand eel catches continue strongly; Iceland blue whiting fishing drops off
Norway was up near its record-high weekly catch figure again in week 21, while HB Grandi has noted a drop in blue whiting fishing
Vardin plans surimi, fishmeal plants in rebuilt facility
Once on the cards for the Faroese firm before a fire leveled its plant in 2017, its new plant -- to be completed this year -- will feature surimi manufacturing and a fishmeal unit
Norway sees bumper sand eel haul as quota hiked by 70,000t
Norwegian vessels recorded their best week of sand eel catches of the season in week 19, while new vessel Rav landed 2,400t of blue whiting
Austevoll sees Q1 drop in earnings, salmon sales despite Peruvian success
Diversified group Austevoll Seafood reported a 20% decline in annual earnings for Q1 2019, which it has attributed to reduced salmon sales volumes
Sand eel catches slow as processors vote to wait on North Sea herring
Some bad weather has meant a slight slowing of sand eel fishing for Norway, while one vessel was ready to begin looking for herring -- but the onshore sector declined to buy
Norway’s sand eel fishing well under way
Sand eel fishing has begun in earnest, while some vessels are still catching the last of their blue whiting quotas
Norway nears end of blue whiting season, as prices rise
Likely the last few catches came in during week 16, though the last real volumes were seen in week 15; year-on-year catches were down significantly, and prices are up
Norwegian blue whiting fishing moves to St Kilda
Norges Sildesalgslag reports Norwegian vessels have moved north to fish off Scotland and have caught 75,000t over two weeks
Norwegian pelagics firm baptizes 80m Rav
Peter Hepso Rederi's new vessel, built by Karstensens, is close to ready and will soon join the blue whiting season