Summer conditions still linger in eastern Iceland

Birtingur NK returned to sea after landing 90 tonnes at its home port in Neskaupstaður, but its captain said fishing in eastern Iceland remained slow for his liking.

Captain Einar Ólafur Ágústsson said about a quarter of the catch was haddock, with most of the rest made up of cod. The vessel began the trip at Glettingur, searching for haddock, and spent about three days there with little success.

The crew then moved south to Fóturinn and Örvænting, where catches were also limited. They finally went to Litladýpi, where they found a good catch toward the end of the trip. All of the fishing grounds lie east of Iceland’s East Fjords.

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Fishing here in the east is rather quiet at the moment for my taste, although people are finding something from time to time.

“Fishing here in the east is rather quiet at the moment for my taste, although people are finding something from time to time,” Ágústsson said. The crew regularly tries for haddock, but with limited results. The fish they catch is good quality and appears well suited for processing, he said, adding that fish abundance should increase as autumn approaches.

“The fact is that it is still summer here in the east, even though September has arrived,” he said.

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The fact is that it is still summer here in the east, even though September has arrived.