Our plants will be closed in the summer of 2006

according to the following table.

Historically, groundfish has formed the
basis of Faroese fishery and fishing industry. Ins of Faroese fishery,
the production to a large extent consisted of saltfish and fillet
blocks produced from cod. In 1997 cod and saithe represented 25% and
13% respectively of Faroe Seafoodís total turnover. Today, cod and
saithe are produced into a wide range of value added products such as
frozen light salted portions, ready to cook boil in bag cod loins and
salmon portions.

The Faroese fishing fleet is mainly fishing on local banks around the Faroe Islands.

5 big factory trawlers have their main sourcing in the Barent Sea.

Seasonally long liners are fishing in Icelandic Sea.

Prawns are mainly caught at Flemish Cap, around Svalbard and in East Greenland.

Pelagic fish species are fished in international waters in the Atlantic.

A new harvesting of tuna in Faroese and international sea is a promising area in Faroese fishing history.

The species caught around Faroe Islands are cod, haddock, saithe, black halibut, monkfish and shark.

Until 1856 there were no big Faroese vessels to seek far distant fishing grounds. The first slupp Fox was bought from England in 1872 (a slupp is a cutter-like sailing ship). This was the beginning of Faroese fishing industry.

The main catch was Cod which was salted in the load. When landed the fish was washed and spread out on the cliffs to dry in the sun. Every evening the fish was gathered and kept indoor until next day, when the procedure continued. While it was a man's job to crew the ships, women took care of washing and drying the fish

The Faroe Islands are located Southeast
of Iceland in the middle of the vast North Atlantic Ocean, surrounded
by clean, ice-cold waters, providing ideal conditions for fishery. The
majestic islands which make up the Faroe Islands are actually volcano
tops formed thousands of years ago.

Today the descendants of the Vikings who settled this rough land
still live much the same way as they did hundreds of years ago; raising
sheep and harvesting the bounty of Nature.