A series of pretty decent pelagic landings have taken place across the Faroe Islands in the seven days up to 3 November, with vessels returning mainly from Icelandic waters with herring. At the same time, mackerel landed at Tvøroyri also features in the latest arrivals.
Landings have been steady at Fuglafjørður and Tvøroyri, feeding production at Pelagos, Varðan Pelagic and Havsbrún.
Strong herring arrivals at Fuglafjørður
Norðborg arrived at Fuglafjørður on 28 October, carrying a full load split between whole frozen fish and herring fillets, after 12 days of fishing close to the Icelandic boundary.
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Gøtunes also landed 900 tonnes of herring at Varðan Pelagic in Tvøroyri the same day, also from Icelandic waters.
Arctic Voyager landed 700 tonnes at Pelagos on 29 October, followed by Katrin Jóhanna with 550 tonnes. Borgarin had completed landing earlier that night. Vestmenningur then delivered 400 tonnes to Varðan Pelagic on 30 October.
Larger pelagic vessels continue steady deliveries
Fagraberg arrived on 30 October with 1,100 tonnes, also for Pelagos, while on the same day, the Danish vessel Beinur landed 800 tonnes of mackerel at Tvøroyri. After Beinur, Ango followed with 550 tonnes of herring.
On 1 November, Tummas T. landed 750 tonnes at Varðin
in Pelagic, followed shortly by Finnur Fríði with another 1,100 tonnes. Later the same day, Høgaberg arrived at Fuglafjørður with over 1,000 tonnes for Pelagos.
Blue whiting is also moving into production
Christian í Grótinum landed 3,200 tonnes of blue whiting at Havsbrún over the weekend and returned to sea on 3 November.
Tróndur í Gøtu also landed 550 tonnes to Varðan Pelagic on 3 November, followed by Gøtunes with 300 tonnes. Birita landed 150 tonnes at Pelagos on the same afternoon, reporting weaker fishing conditions in Icelandic waters.
(multiple sources)