date:Aug 02, 2012
The fish are smaller than they were at the same time last year, but are gaining weight rapidly and last week the fat content stood at well over 20 per cent.
Faxi RE was on fishing grounds north of Hvalbak, around 115 nautical miles from Vopnafjrdur when HB Grandi spoke to relief skipper Hjalti Einarsson as he was hauling the third tow of the trip. The previous two hauls had already yielded 290 tonnes, which is approaching the ideal landing of 350 to 400 tonnes for the processing plant at Vopnaf