Atlantic Seafood

The saithe has, for a long time, been one of the most important commercial fish species in Icelandic waters. Price varies so please pending on season so please contact us for more information or price quotes.

The processing methods for saithe are fairly similar as for cod. A large part is filleted and frozen at sea by freezer trawlers or iced at sea and subsequently filleted and frozen in shore based factories. A considerable part is also salted and dried.

The saithe is a large codfish, usually between 70 and 110 cm long in catches. It is found all around Iceland, but is rarer in the colder waters to the north and east of the country.

It has a streamlined shape and is consequently a very good swimmer. It can swim rapidly all over the Icelandic continental shelf and individuals tagged in Icelandic waters have often been fished along mainland Europe.