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🐟💥 Big tensions in the North Atlantic fishing industry 💥🐟Icelandic seafarers are threatening action after claims that ca...
22/05/2026

🐟💥 Big tensions in the North Atlantic fishing industry 💥🐟

Icelandic seafarers are threatening action after claims that capelin prices in 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands were up to 3x higher than in 🇮🇸 Iceland 😮💶

Now calls are growing for more transparency — and a bigger share for crews ⚓📈

👉 Read more 🔗 https://shorturl.at/ZVgcS

📸 photo made with the assistance of AI.

📈🐟 Blue whiting is back in force 🌊New international survey data shows a stunning +32% jump in biomass and +34% more fish...
22/05/2026

📈🐟 Blue whiting is back in force 🌊
New international survey data shows a stunning +32% jump in biomass and +34% more fish compared with last year 😮🚢
Despite storms and rough seas, scientists from 🇫🇴 🇮🇪 🇳🇱 🇳🇴 🇪🇸 completed the mission — and found a stronger stock than expected 💪🌍

Read more 👇🔗
https://shorturl.at/Ta6LI

🎣🔥 Denmark’s pelagic fishing industry is heading into the hot seat 🇩🇰Environmental groups, researchers and fisheries lea...
20/05/2026

🎣🔥 Denmark’s pelagic fishing industry is heading into the hot seat 🇩🇰

Environmental groups, researchers and fisheries leaders are set for a rare public showdown at Naturmødet in Hirtshals 👀🌊

Will the industry face praise… or pressure? ⚠️🐟

Read more 👇🔗
https://shorturl.at/IMW3Q

🇸🇪🐟 Sweden’s “Ostkustströmming” has officially won EU protected status 🇪🇺The new label covers Baltic herring caught alon...
19/05/2026

🇸🇪🐟 Sweden’s “Ostkustströmming” has officially won EU protected status 🇪🇺

The new label covers Baltic herring caught along Sweden’s east coast — with strict rules on catch methods and handling ⚓️
A boost for local fishers, regional food traditions and seafood branding 💪🌊

🔗 Read more here 👇
https://shorturl.at/3hwaL

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🇫🇴🐟 Strong blue whiting season in Faroese waters! 🇮🇸More than 34,000 tonnes blue whiting landed at Síldarvinnslan in jus...
19/05/2026

🇫🇴🐟 Strong blue whiting season in Faroese waters! 🇮🇸

More than 34,000 tonnes blue whiting landed at Síldarvinnslan in just one month 💥⚓
Production ran smoothly and delivered thousands of tonnes of fishmeal and fish oil.
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Read more here 👇🔗
https://shorturl.at/LHHrU

🇳🇴 Norway’s mackerel fishing season is off to a weak start 📉🐟Only 26 tonnes landed in week 20 — far below last year’s le...
18/05/2026

🇳🇴 Norway’s mackerel fishing season is off to a weak start 📉🐟

Only 26 tonnes landed in week 20 — far below last year’s level 🌊❄️ Cold weather and low sea temperatures are slowing the fishery.

👉 Read more 🔗 https://shorturl.at/SU9Fk

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🇳🇴 Norway has set its final mackerel quotas for 2026 🐟The total Norwegian quota lands at 81,375 tonnes after a new deal ...
18/05/2026

🇳🇴 Norway has set its final mackerel quotas for 2026 🐟

The total Norwegian quota lands at 81,375 tonnes after a new deal with 🇬🇧 🇫🇴 🇮🇸
New quota rules now apply for trawlers, purse seiners and coastal vessels ⚓

🔗 Read more here 👇
https://shorturl.at/sSIyd

🇫🇴🐟 Massive pelagic landings in the Faroe Islands this week! Blue whiting and herring are flowing into factories across ...
18/05/2026

🇫🇴🐟 Massive pelagic landings in the Faroe Islands this week!

Blue whiting and herring are flowing into factories across the islands 🌊⚓
🚢 Christian í Grótinum alone landed 2,700 tonnes of blue whiting 😮
Pelagos, Havsbrún and Varðan Pelagic are all running busy 💪🔥

👉 Read more here 🔗 https://shorturl.at/eiGxi
📸 Faroese pelagic vessel Fagraberg. Photo by Fish Break

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🚢⚓ Newbuild ready for the seas!Westcon has completed the new 76-metre pelagic trawler Quantus 🇳🇴🐟 The next-generation fi...
16/05/2026

🚢⚓ Newbuild ready for the seas!

Westcon has completed the new 76-metre pelagic trawler Quantus 🇳🇴🐟 The next-generation fishing vessel will target herring, mackerel and blue whiting in the North Atlantic 🌊

🔥 Christening ceremony and open ship event take place this weekend in Ølensvåg.

👉 Read more here 🔗 https://shorturl.at/BjzGb

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⛽🔥 Fuel prices are hitting Iceland’s fishing fleet hard 🇮🇸Fuel costs for pelagic vessels have surged by 60% in just mont...
16/05/2026

⛽🔥 Fuel prices are hitting Iceland’s fishing fleet hard 🇮🇸

Fuel costs for pelagic vessels have surged by 60% in just months 📈🐟 Some operators may now delay fishing trips to the Faroe Islands 🇫🇴 until autumn.
The industry is also facing sharply higher carbon taxes 💸

🔗 Read more here 👇
https://shorturl.at/OayS9

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