Hafnar is experimenting with lobster fishing in Höfn in Hornafjörður with the aim of exporting live lobsters from Matís' lobster hotel to a market abroad during the Easter holiday, according to the latest Fiskifréttir.
The lobster will also be caught for a stay at a so-called lobster hotel which is operated in Höfn by Matís. A small lobster boat, Mundi Sæm SF-1, which is 26 gross tons in size, has been used for fishing. During the experimental fishing, the goal is to catch about 750 kilos of lobster obtained from the MRI's research quota.
"We get the highest price for live lobster for big holidays like Christmas and Easter. We are in contact with marketers in France and Spain and it will be exciting to see how test shipments of lobster from Iceland before Easter will be handled, "said Ari Þorsteinsson, CEO of Frumkvöðlasetur Austurlands ehf in a conversation with Fiskifréttir.