Faroe Seafood has significantly revamped its UK sales office as a response to very major changes in the parent company's operations in the Faroe islands where there has been a large increase in both company fish landings and in production capacity. Torkil Davidsen has been named as head of operations for the UK, succeeding Birgir Kass, who has taken up a senior sales position at head office....
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HB Grandi's fresher trawler Ásbjörn RE is now back at sea after landing last Thursday and sailing at the weekend. This latest trip showed that fishing for saithe has started to improve after being scarce all year. "It was about time for a decent trip on saithe, and it worked out this time. We had 96 tonnes of saithe and 46-47 tonnes of redfish," said Ásbjörn's skipper Fridleifur Einarsson, who explained...
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The total amount of imported raw material for fish processing in the year 2008 was 130,649 tonnes, an increase of 25,447 tonnes or 24.2% from the year 2007. The value of this import was ISK 8.1 billion which is ISK 2.4 billion higher than former year. Import of saithe, herring and capelin decreased but import of cod, Norwegian spring-spawning herring, capelin roe, blue whiting and shrimp increased between 2007 and 2008....
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Jón Helgason, the company's sales manager in charge of pelagic species, said that Viking Frio will be in Reykjavík on Thursday this week and is expected in Vopnafjördur the following Monday. In Reykjavík the ship will take on frozen products from the HB Grandi factory trawlers and will ship herring and capelin products in Vopnafjördur. 800 to 900 tonnes of products are expected to be loaded in both ports. Viking Frio is headed for Poland and Lithuania, and Jón Helgason said that there is a strong demand ...
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