Two longliners fish at the Flemish Cap

Two longliners are fishing at the Flemish Cap fishing grounds, one vessel is off East Greenland and seven are fishing in Faroese waters, KVF reports.

The vessels at the Flemish Cap and off East Greenland are catching cod. Those fishing in Faroese waters are targeting cod, haddock, ling and tusk.

The Faroese Fish Market says currents are moderate and the weather is expected to be good early in the week before worsening. Some small-boat fishing is therefore expected early in the week, with boats catching mainly haddock and some cod.

Two freezer trawlers are fishing on the Iceland Ridge fishing grounds, and both are expected to land their catches this week. Another vessel is fishing for Greenland halibut, blue ling and other deep-water species, and is also due to land this week.

All pair trawlers are at sea catching saithe and other whitefish, but their catches are modest. Two trawler boats are fishing for monkfish, cod, haddock, saithe and ling; both will land this week.

Three gillnetters are catching Greenland halibut and are all due to land this week. The Fish Market describes their fishing as reasonable.