Education and knowledge sharing is an endless subject. It is necessary to practice continuous education and knowledge sharing about good catch management.
Hafsteinn Björnsson, who operates the coastal fishing boat Villa-Björn SH 148 from Rif, received recognition for Beautiful Fish 2017.
For the past two summers, Matís and National Association of Small Boat Owners held the project "Beautiful fish" where attention is drawn to the importance of good handling of catch. The project is discussed on the Facebook page of the project.
Among the actions has been a photo competition for the most beautiful fish, where participation consisted of submitting photos of good handling of the catch, this time it was decided to give Hafstein Björnsson from Rif recognition. Hafsteinn operates the coastal fishing boat Villa-Björn SH 148.
Arnljótur Bjarki Bergsson, division manager at Matís, got out of town and visited Hafstein by the harbor at Rif to hand him a nice GoPro camera, so now we are expecting even more pictures that show exemplary work methods. Can be seen pictures Hafsteins á the Facebook page „Beautiful fish“.
Regarding the discussion of catch management, like so many other things, it is necessary to practice constant education and knowledge sharing about how best to do it. If people have good ideas about how best to deliver this important message, we will take it well.
This year, the project began with Matís and LS sending thermometers as well as educational material on the handling of catch to 1,000 parties related to the operation of smaller boats. All that could be heard was that people had taken a good look at the initiative and quite a few were happy to finally get a thermometer to monitor the temperature of the catch.
Matís and LS will of course continue to draw attention to the importance of good catch handling and even though the photography competition is over, photos and tips are always welcome.