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Samherji slashes processing plant capacity, suggests fishing vessel quarantines

Processing plant workers are reporting for shifts on alternate days to stem potential spread of the coronavirus, and fishermen are being asked to spend longer at sea to avoid contact with others.

Kristjan Vilhelmsson has reached out to Iceland group Samherji's fishing crews to suggest they take part in an experimental on-board quarantine to reduce the potential transmission of covid-19 to crews at sea.
Kristjan Vilhelmsson has reached out to Iceland group Samherji's fishing crews to suggest they take part in an experimental on-board quarantine to reduce the potential transmission of covid-19 to crews at sea.Foto: Kristjan Vilhelmsson
Published 30 March 2020, 21:59Updated 31 March 2020, 12:21
SamherjiSamherji ScandalIcelandThorsteinn Mar BaldvinssonBjorgolfur Johannsson