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“Samherji has in every respect complied with the law both as regards foreign exchange transactions and in other
matters. The actions taken by the Central Bank of Iceland yesterday are completely unjustified and must either be based on incorrect
information or due to other reasons that we are not aware of” says Þorsteinn Már Baldvinsson, CEO of Samherji hf. As has been revealed, the Foreign Currency Department
of the Central Bank of Iceland has conducted a dawn raid on the offices of Samherji hf. The Central Bank of Iceland has not given Samherji’s management any explanation for these
actions.
 

The European Seafood Exhibition has been busy this year and it is clear that we are
experiencing a very lively market in the Seafood business. There seems to be a great demand for most species and prices are high.

- Útgerðarfélag Akureyringa established
A sales agreement was signed this weekend between a new Daughter Company of Samherji and Brim Seafood Company, selling Brim´s assets in Akureyri. The new company will be named
Útgerðarfélag Akureyringa. The agreement is signed with the reservation of approval due to competitive restrictions.

The ship Vilhelm Þorsteinsson EA arrived yesterday from it´s last fishing trip this year, fully loaded of frozen Herring products. The crew of Vilhelm has caught 50.000 tons this year worth 3,3 billion ISK, which is a record in catch value.

Björgúlfur EA 312 arrived in Dalvík harbor this morning fully loaded with 115 tons of fish. The catch was mainly Cod that goes directly on to the processing line in Samherji´s fish factory in Dalvík.  Including this fishing trip´s value of just over 25 million ISK Björgúlfur has passed catch value of 1000 million ISK this year, for the first time in it´s history. On this occasion the ship´s crew was greeted with a large cream cake.  

Kristina EA 410, the largest ship of the Icelandic fishing fleet arrived in Akureyri this morning having left Las Palmas a week ago. The ship will, in the next days,  be heading for Herring and Mackerel fishing in Icelandic waters.

The third and final day of the exhibition has come to an end and looking back at the three days, we can confidentially say: It was a success. The fresh Arctic Charr, Halibut and Cod loins carefully prepared by the celebrated Master Chef Mr. Einar Geirsson had surely an effect on the deals closed or the new relationships formed.  To all our visitors: Thanks for coming – we are looking forward to seeing you again.

Samherji´s stand at the Brussels Seafood show has been buzzing on this first day of the exhibition. Customers old and new have come to meet Samherji´s staff and many are enjoying meeting for the first time after maybe years of telephone and email communication.

Onward Fishing Company has bought the trawler Fridborg. The ship is specially strengthened for sailing in ice and equipped for shrimp fishing.  

A week long process, of transporting the largest quantity of living smolts that has ever been transported from Iceland to Norway, came to an end recently for Islandsbleikja, Samherji´s subsidiary in fish farming. A ship, largest of it´s kind came ashore in Kirkenes in North Norway with 600.000 living Salmon smolts worth 6 million NOK.