Egersund Iceland is gearing up for fur season
The last few weeks have been busy at Egersund Ísland, based on the east coast of Eskifjörður, as anticipation for the upcoming fur season is growing.
In addition to delivering three trawls, five bags and a whole seine, the company’s staff has been busy refurbishing older snuffers and trawlers for the coming season, as well as acquiring everything needed from suppliers.
Managing Director Stefán B. Invarsson said that the company is fortunate to be part of a network of companies around the world.
“In the short time since the announcement of the fur quota, we have managed to procure material for one whole seine, a floating container and a good amount of net, rings and other equipment,” he said.
Currently a pelagic ship Bark is docked and taking on board a deep fur seine bought in 2015, but never used.
“There hasn’t been deep seine fishing since this one came brand new from Norway six years ago,” he said, adding that it was important that the fleet had access to the right gear when allocating such a large quota – but no one expected that. that there would be such a large fur quota.
“If I were a magician, I would have conjured two more deep notes right after the quota was announced.”
Notaloft will be busy in the coming weeks preparing for the season, improving the herring and coal mouth equipment as well as maintaining its service to the fish farm. There is a queue of cage notes waiting to be processed but as they won’t be needed until spring the focus is now on fur fishing.
He said that it is clear that next year there will also be activity with the pelagic fleet’s fur fishing gear, as the industry is confident that the next season will also be good.
“A fur season like this is a real bonus for fishing communities and not least for the companies that supply fishing gear,” he said. “The fur fishery is a lot of work and we hope it is here to stay.”