Ingunn AK is on the way to Trænø in northern Norway to land 390 tonnes of Atlanto-Scandian herring. The fish were caught in Norwegian waters over the weekend and this finished the quota that HB Grandi's pelagic vessels had to fish for herring in Norwegian waters this year. Ingunn sailed from Værøy in the north of Norway on Friday after landing 850 tonnes ...
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In view of the current circumstances, the Central Bank of Iceland wishes to explain how cross-border payments take place in instances where the Central Bank of Iceland acts as an intermediary. The following is an example of a payment from the United Kingdom to Iceland; however, the example applies to all currencies and to payments both to and from Iceland. References to sending payment to Iceland in foreign currency are somewhat misleading. Payments made in pounds sterling (GBP) never leave the United ...
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Blue whitingTACs for next year's Atlanto-Scandian herring and blue whiting fisheries have been set. Now that the Icelandic share of these quotas has been decided, it's possible to calculate that 33,600 tonnes of Atlanto-Scandian herring and 20,000 tonnes of blue whiting are allocated to HB Grandi. Taking into account transfers of quotas held over from the current year, the company has slightly more than the allocated quotas, with 36,700 tonnes of Atlanto-Scandian ...
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Ingunn has been fishing in international and Norwegian waters recently, while one of HB Grandi's pelagic vessels, Lundey NS, is now back in port and will be joining Faxi RE on home herring grounds. According to Róbert Axelsson, Ingunn's chief mate and relief skipper, the last trip went very well and the whole catch was taken in six hauls over a 24 hour period. "We were fishing around 140 nautical miles north-west of Tromsø. The herring is good quality fish with an average weight of 353 grammes. Our average price has been 2.77 NoK per kilo, or around 53 Isl Kr per kilo, according to today's exchange ...
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