16 crew member missing after Onega sank
There have been quite a number of vessels fishing in the Barnetssea and one of the vessels that have been fishing there. is the Russian boat Onega. Onega went to sea from Kirkenes in Norway on December 14 and was fishing near Novaya Zemlya. in Arkhangelsk. The weather there had become very bad and ...
Freezer Trawlers in The Faroe Islands 2020
There are not many freezer trawlers in the Faroe Islands. there are only 4 of them and 3 of them were in full operation all year round. Sjúrðarberg landed 874.4 tons of fish. But it is worth mentioning that this trawler got this name in August 2020, as it was called before. Dorado, before that ...
54 years old boat has fish over 6000 tons this year
In The Faroe Islands are boats that fish cod , haddock, herring and more. and often this is Pelagic ship. trawler. line and gillnet boats. But there is only one boat in The Faroe Islands that is fishing sea skeljar, ore sea scallops. And this boat is pretty interesting,. The boat name is Norðheim ...
Merry christmas from Aflafrettir
Aflafrettir wishes you dear readers a Merry Christmas and thank you very much for the year 2020. I have been very pleased with how well you dear readers have taken good care of what the Aflafrettir is doing. for example with the lists of Norwegian boats and boats in the Faroe Islands,. Looking ...
Christmas tree in the sea in Iceland..
It is a true Christmas spirit that floats over the sea in near Ísafjörður in the westfjords in Iceland. , It shows the crew's rather unconventional Christmas greeting on the rescue ship Gísli Jónsson at the Accident Prevention Association Landsbjörg. When Icelandic coats guards were going to take a ...
New lobster boat to England
It is not often that a boat is delivered that is mostly used for lobster fishing, and is build in Iceland. But company Trefjar delivered one in September a boat that went to England,. Aflafrettir contacted the owner of the boat, Ben Woolford, and he was quite happy with the new boat. Shipping ...
Trawler Pálína Þórunn GK got a big bomb in the trawl
29 meters long trawler name Pálína Þórunn GK in ICeland had been fishing outside of Sandgerði for the last days. and in one tail the crew saw something that was pretty strange. This was a bomb . and a pretty big bomb. the bomb was 300 kilos. They immediately contacted the Coast Guard and were ...
Trawler Björg EA in huge fishing in Iceland.
The weather in Iceland in the beginning of desember was realy bad. . For almost 5 days is was just storm and no trawlers could be out to fish. . so company Samherji in Iceland . made the decision to sail. all their trawler fleet in port and let the trawlers wait ashore while the worst of the storm ...
1200 miles for 11 meters long boat to sail
In Iceland many boats have so sail from the south to the North and the east of Iceland,. the boats do this mainly in may , and in the autumn every year. this distance is about 350 miles to sail, and can take up to 40 hours to sail. Trawlers from Iceland also go to fish in the Barents sea and that ...
Line boats in Norway under 30 meters.nr.12
List number 12. Now have 5 lineboats that are under 30 meters long in Norway fish over 1000 tons,. Nordbanken was with 96 tons in 2 trips and is now number 1. Inger victoria 96 tons in 3 trips. Selma dröfn 98,1 tons in 6 trips. Föniks 58,3 tons in 4. Einar 94 tons in 8. Austhavet 61,5 tons in 5. ...
Serene LK 297, 7 trips to Norway
Many pelagic ship from UK have been coming to Norway this year 2020 with herring and mackerel. Here on Aflafrettir we have been writing about few of them. and here is one . This ship is great looking red ship name Serene LK 297, . This ship is pretty new. was build in Karstensens skibsværft and ...
What is this? Aflafrettir?
Yes what is this, Aflafrettir? this is a icelandic word and if we translate it then it is fishing news. but i could not the use the word fishing news because there is company that owns this name. This page Aflafrettir.is started in the year 2007, and in the year 2011 then this sister page started ...
Lineboats in Norway under 20m in des.nr.1
List number 1. Not many boats that have started to fish now in Desember. Einar is the only one with over 10 tons. Einar Pic Robert Storvik.
Gilnet boat Björn EA over 200 tons of fish
In Iceland the saithe fishing has been pretty good this autumn, and 4 big gilnet boats have been. fishing saithe, and in november in Iceland aroung 600 tons of saithe came from the gilnetboats. One of the smallest gilnet boat that is fishing saithe is Björn EA from island Grímsey in the north of ...
New Charisma LK-362, 8 trips to Norway
This year 2020, many pelagic ship that are from other country's that Norway have been coming to land the . fish in Norway. Like pelagic ship from Iceland, Denmark, Ireland, Scotland and GB have been coming to Norway. One of these ships that have been coming to Norway with herring and mackerel. is ...
Crew of Steinunn HF in danger in big storm
November 25, 2020. the first big storm hit Iceland this autumn. Many boats. in Sandgerði, about 20 boats went to sea late in the evening of November 24 and during the night. all the boats came to Sandgerði between one and just over 4 o'clock that day. Catch reports were in Sandgerði and in a ...
Gilnet boats in Norway up to 14 meters long. nr.10
List number 10. Mjásund was with 172 tons in 28 trips and has now fish more than 330 tons more than the boat in seat number 2. Hendanes was with 138,9 tons in 30 trips. Elnesfisk 84,4 tons in 24. Malangsfjord 46,2 tons in 12. Soleng Senior 50,7 tons in 26. Helöygutt is a new boat on the list . ...
Trawlers in Norway list nr 13
List number 13. Yes here we have it. . now are 3 trawlers in Norway that have fish more than 10.000 tons this year 2020 each. and at least 3 more trawlers will probably fish over 10.000 tons also. Prestfjord is still number one was with 524 tons in one trip. Nordtind 768 tons in 1. ATlantic Viking ...
Lineboats in Norway under 20m in nov.nr.2
List number 2. Many new boats come on the list. . Selma Dröfn was with 18,2 tons in 1. Austhavet 16,6 tons in 1. Vibeke Cathrin 22,9 tons in 1. Einar 15,3 tons in 1. Turbo 16,6 tons in 1. Lysboen 15,8 tons in 1. Tinder 12,2 tons in 4 trips. Tinder pic Daniel lauritzen.
Norsk pelagic ship over 50 meters.nr.19
Here is the new list with new number. and as can been seen Gerda Marie is number 1 one the list . Gerda Maria Pic Paul Misje.
Norsk pelagic ship over 50 meters.nr.18
List number 18. Well now the pelagic ship in Norway that are longer than 50 meters have total fish over . one million tons. They have fish 132,000 tons of mackerel. 192,000 tons of tobis. 312,000 tons of herring. 335,000 tons of blue whiting. and 60500 tons of havbrisling. On this list most all of ...
New Captain Sokolov
in the Severnaya Verf shipyard in St. peterburgs in Russia, they are building a new freezer trawler. call Captain Sokolov. This big trawler is in build for company name Norebo Group. Captain Sokolov is the first of the new trawlers that Norebo is planing to have, and there plan is . to build 4 ...
29 meters long trawler Vörður ÞH
In Iceland there are about 20 small trawlers that are not longer than 29 meters long,. These 29 meters trawlers can fish up to 3 miles from land. In the year 2019 and the beginning of the year 2020 , came total of 7 new 29 meters long trawlers . One of them is Vörður ÞH 44. Now in the autumn since ...
Full load for Eyrarröst ÍS with only 18 stamps
Now in the autumn 2020 the haddock fishing in Iceland has been good, . it is like haddock is in the sea everywhere . the boats have been getting up to 80% of the catch of a single row just haddock. from Suðureyri, in the westfjord in ICeland the boats have been fishing very well on the line. one ...
Gilnet Björn EA with full load of saithe
gilnet boat Björn EA in Iceland has been fishing a lot now the past weeks. Björn EA is 12,6 meters long and 15 tons in size. in Oktober was the boat with 102 tons and most of that was saithe. Now in november Björn EA has fish total of 43 tons in just 6 trips,. The first trip was full load ore 10 ...
Autoline boats Sandfell SU has fish over 3,1 million euros
Autoline boat Sandfell SU in Iceland has been fishing good this year 2020.,. the company Loðnuvinnslan in the east of ICeland owns the the boat. Sandfell SU is 30 tons in size. On Sandfell SU are total of 8 men. they works in shift. 2 weeks, then are 4 men on the boat, and other after 2 weeks then ...
Autoline boat Sighvatur GK with over 500 tons in oktober.
In Iceland are now 13 big autolines boats. in oktober they did fish pretty good. 3 autolines boats did fish over 400 tons per ship . but one boat did fish most. Sighvatur GK fish total of 525 tons in 5 trips, most 124 tons in one trip. All autoline boats in ICeland fish in ice, and no autoline ...
Hardhaus H-120-AV sold to Iceland.
Not long ago, company Ísfélagið í Vestmannaeyjar decided to buy the third pelagic vessel. The company has bought the Norwegian ship Hardhaus H-120-AV from Norway. . that ship was built in 2003 in Norway,. Hardhaus is 68.85 meters long. 13.8 meters wide and has a 6000 horsepower main engine of the ...
Top 10 trawlers in Iceland with 6800 tons.
fishing in Iceland now in October have been good. most of the trawler have been fishing east of iceland and also in the west of iceland,. at least 6 icefish trawler in Iceland have now fish over 700 tons per ship in october. in total top 10 trawlers in Iceland have fish total of 6800 tons of fish, ...
New autoline boat to Húsavík Iceland.
Company GPG in Húsavík and Raufarhöfn in the North east of Iceland has bought. a new autoline boat. GPG has had autoline boat that is name Hörður Björnsson ÞH and that boat is about 50 years old,. The new boat is new to the company . The boat that have the name Jökull ÞH was build 1996 in West ...
Drangur ÁR in Iceland, sank, part .3
4 days ago a trawler name Drangur ÁR sank in the harbor of Stöðvarfjörður in the east of Iceland. since then rescue teams have been working on to pump all the sea out from the ship so Drangur ÁR can float again. Here are new pics of the rescue and as can been seen Drangur ÁR has almost floated ...
Þórunn Sveinsdóttir VE first time over 200 tons in one trip
The fishing for the Trawlers in iceland now in oktober have been pretty good. one of the trawler that have been fishing is Þórunn Sveinsdóttir VE. Þórunn SVeinsdóttir VE was build 2010 and was in first 39 meters long, . but in the year 2019 the trawler was lengthened 6,6 meters . that mean that the ...
Drangur ÁR in Iceland, sank, part .2
Yesterday was news here on Aflafrettir.com about trawler Drangur ÁR. Here you can read more about it. The trawler sank ath the harbor in the east of Iceland,. a company that specializes in rescuing boats that have sank, name diving company Sigurðar . and they came late in the night yesterday ...
Trawler Drangur ÁR sank in the harbor
Town of stöðvarfjörður in the east of iceland. When boats where going to sea around seven o clock in the morning they notice that the trawler. This happend now in the morning of 25,oktober. Drangur ÁR had tilted a lot. just a little later Drangur ÁR sank to the bottom while laying at the . harbour ...
Steini GK 6 years ago with full load.
Over the years in Iceland there has always been good fishing for the boats that are fishing with. gilnet and line from south of iceland like in Sandgerði and Grindavík. Often in Mars and april the boats often come with full load to this towns. Here down is a pic of boat name is Steini GK. this was ...
Gilnetboat Björn EA with almost 100 tons in okt.
Gilnet fishing in Iceland now in oktober has been good, not many boats are fishing in gilnet, they are only about 12 that are fishing cod. 5 boats are fishing saithe ( sei in norsk ore ufsi á íslensku). one of the boats is only 15 tons in size, and name is Björn EA. the boat is fishing from ...
Fredöy M-4-HÖ. name number 4 in 5 years
In Norway are many boats that are fishing there that where build in Iceland. Here is one. this boat name is Fredöy M-4-HÖ. The boat is 14,9 meters long and build 2015. Even if the boat has only been in Norway now in 5 years, the boat has had 3 names, and this Fredöy name is name number 4. First ...
29 meters long trawler Harðbakur EA in good fishing
fishing for the trawlers in Iceland now in Oktober have been good. many trawlers are fishing outside of the east iceland. some of the trawlers are under 29 meters long and they can fish up to 3 miles . one of the is new trawler Harðbakur EA. Harðbakur EA was finish early in this year 2020. and ...
Most all of crew of trawler with covid19 virus
Here on Aflafrettir.com was yesterday news about autoline boat in Norway name Stormhav about most of the . crew members that there sick by covid19 virus. in Iceland is a freezer trawler name Júlíus Geirmundsson ÍS. The trawler had been fishing out side the westfjords in Iceland for 3 weeks then the ...
Most of crew of Stormhav F-1-HV with covid19?
not so long ago there was news here on Aflafrettir.com that all the crew memebers on autoline boat Valdimar GK from Iceland had . been infected by covid19. in Norway there has not been much that boat crews have been infected with this virus,. But today, the liner Stormhav F-1-HV arrived in Tromsø ...