Icelandic fishing and processing giant Samherji has agreed to construct a new pelagic vessel at Karstensen Skibsvaerft in Skagen, Denmark

By Neil Ramsden

Sildarvinnslan's new 88-meter Borkur grants it the flexibility to target all Iceland's pelagic species, and on longer trips

Vilhjalmur Vilhjalmsson, who has been replaced as CEO of Iceland's HB Grandi by Gudmundur Kristjansson, said he had hoped to stay on after Brim deal 

Norway, Iceland and Greenland met in London, UK, and the following agreement saw Norway's share of the quota -- yet to be announced -- fall from 8% to 5%

By Tom Seaman

The remaining shareholders in HB Grandi are awaiting a takeover offer from Brim, which has acquired a 34.1% stake in the company for ISK 21.7bn, or $213.70m

Dominic LeBlanc, the minister who oversees Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans, is looking at gray seals and the capelin fishery

By Neil Ramsden

The last of the Barents Sea capelin quota has been landed and remains suitable for roe production; blue whiting fishing is still booming, with the best week so far

By Neil Ramsden

Capelin quotas in the Barents Sea are almost all caught, with the vast majority going for human consumption; strong catches of blue whiting are all going to fishmeal and oil

Despite hike in snow crab on high prices, production value of Canadian province Newfoundland and Labrador dropped in 2017

One vessel's skipper said a clear feature of this season had been the limited quota that was allocated