Gilnet boat Bárður SH, with 1000 tons in mars
month of Mars in Iceland has always been the biggest fishing month of the year for
the boats that are fishing with gilnet.
now in Mars , three boats did caught over 700 tons in mars,
One thousand tons for Bárður SH
but Bárður SH that was fishing from Rif, on Snæfellsnes had a huge month
and ended with over one thousand tons of catch in 36 trips.
Not only was the boat the highest catch net boat in March, but it was the highest catch
of all boats and even trawlers in March, because Páll Pálsson ÍS who was the highest of the trawlers had about 900 tons of catch in March.
quite a lot of rowing and 36 trips in a month which counts 31 days, but Bárður SH had to come 2 times with fish, to total of 9 days.
during these 9 days Bárður SH landed 512 tons and the biggest day was March 12, when the boat landed a total of 69 tons
Day | Fishing |
6 | 66.8 |
11 | 55.6 |
12 | 69.3 |
13 | 49.6 |
19 | 53.6 |
21 | 53.4 |
22 | 63.7 |
30 | 54.2 |
31 | 46.2 |
On board Bárður SH there is only one crew, and there are 9 people on the boat at any given time, but this is divided up so that
three are on vacation at any given time, and the system rolls like this
as Pétur Pétursson captain of Bárður SH said in a short conversation "This ends well" yes it is safe to say that March ended well for the
crew on Bárður SH

Bárður SH pic Vigfús markússon