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There are two new additions to the staff at HB Grandi as Erlendur Stefánsson and Karl Már Einarsson have joined the company. Erlendur rakes over as the company’s quality manager and Karl Már as fleet manager of freezer vessels...

According to the Ministry of Fisheries’ decision on quota allocations for the new quota year, HB Grandi’s fleet receives a total of 40,125 cod-equivalent tonnes. This represents 10.67% of the total allocation and is a 0.50% lower share than the company held last year. The reason for this share reduction lies in the weight each species has in the cod-equivalent index between years...

Direct fishing on Atlanto-Scandian herring started recently and catches have been variable so far. According to Albert Sveinsson, skipper of Faxi RE, sometimes there’s nothing to be found and in between there are good marks that always give a good catch...

Therney RE is now fishing in Russian waters in the Barents Sea and according to this trip’s skipper, Ægir Franzsson, catches were excellent to start with before the fishing dropped away. The last few days have been a search for good cod marks over a very large area. There are three Russian and one Faroese trawler also searching alongside Therney...

‘Fishing has been fine, but after the weather took a turn for the worse last Sunday there have been poor conditions at sea and it has made it more difficult. We were at Vopnafjördur on Saturday and had been fishing well before the weekend,’ said Ingunn AK’s skipper Gudlaugur Jónsson when we spoke to him as they were finishing landing...

Last Friday 29.8.2014, agreements for construction of three wetfish trawlers where signed at the office of HB Grandi. The contracts amount is EUR 43.950.000 EUR or close to ISK 6,8 billion. The plan is that the first ship will be delivered in May 2016, the second late in the year 2016 and the third in spring 2017...

Last monday the city of Reykjavík presented the Most successful renovation project award for 2014 at a ceremony at Höfdi House. Mayor Dagur B Eggertsson presented prizes for the best kept grounds around blocks and company premises, for outstanding outdoor facilities and for renovation of older buildings in the city. HB Grandi was among the recipients for the award this year for its work in refurbishing the old herring factory at Grandagardur 20, and the prize was accepted by CEO Vilhjálmur Vilhjálmsson...

Mackerel fishing has begun to slow down after some excellent catches this summer. According to Hjalti Einarsson who is skippering Faxi RE this trip, the mackerel are inclined to disappear down to the sea bed and are more of a problem to catch...

‘We’re not complaining about the catch rates and we’re fishing to maintain our 52 to 53 tonne daily production capacity on board. The mackerel are fine fish, clearly well fed and the fat content is high according to the newest samples,’ said Örfirisey’s skipper Trausti Egilsson when we spoke to him with Örfirisey located in the Kolluáll gully west of Snæfellsnes...

Sergey Dankvert noted growth of food product supply from Georgia in the first half this year...

Fresher trawler Sturlaugur H Bödvarsson AK is now steaming home from Westfjords fishing grounds with between 110 and 115 tonnes of fish on board. The trawler was off Bardi when we spoke to skipper Eiríkur Jónsson, with an ETA in Reykjavík early tomorrow morning...

Russia has issued the list outlining which foodstuffs it has banned from entering the country - with products from the US, the EU, Australia, Canada and Norway affected...

Russia has decided on a total one-year’s ban on food imports, including fish, from the European Union (EU), United States and some other Western countries in response to the sanctions implemented against it over the events in Ukraine...

Approximately 1200 tonnes of frozen products were shipped out from Vopnafjördur earlier this week and another shipment is due to leave this weekend, according to factory manager Magnús Róbertsson at HB Grandi’s pelagic factory in Vopnafjördur...

Fresher trawler Sturlaugur H Bödvarsson docked today after a mackerel trip south of Reykjanes, landing 45 tonnes after two days at sea. According to this trip’s skipper, Magnús Kristjánsson, fishing was fairly slow but the mackerel is of both good size and quality...

HB Grandi’s fresher trawler Ásbjörn RE is now steaming to Ísafjördur with around 80 tonnes of fish caught over two days on Westfjords fishing grounds. This is its second half-landing this trip, as last Sunday Ásbjörn was alongside in Ísafjördur with 90 tonnes of fish...

Ingunn AK was alongside at Vopnafjördur yesterday with between 530 and 540 tonnes of mackerel on board. Faxi RE’s mackerel was still being discharged as Ingunn arrived and Lundey NS is at sea on grounds south-east of Iceland...

EBIT pre fair value and non-recurring items was NOK 123 million in second quarter 2014 versus a comparable pro forma EBIT of NOK 137 million in second quarter 2013. Strong prices helped create satisfactory results in Norway and Canada, while earnings in the Chilean operation were hampered by high costs...

Marine Harvest has disclosed information on harvest volumes Q2 2014 (1)...

The meeting took place upon the initiative of the Japanese party. The Rosselkhoznadzor delegation at the talks was headed by Head of the Department for Veterinary Inspections Vasily Lavrovsky and the delegation of the Japanese Embassy was headed by recently appointed Counselor, Mr. Kanji Kori...