Short capelin season this year
With an allocated quota of only 100,000 tonnes for this season, the capelin fishery is expected to be a short one this year for the Icelandic fleet.
New meal factory ready to roll
The new Nergård Pelagic factory at Måløy in western Norway is almost ready and has been running production tests using capelin caught in Icelandic waters.
Capelin fishery keeps Coastguard busy
Of the 30 Norwegian pelagic vessels in Icelandic waters, only 25 may fish at any one time and those landing in Icelandic ports are required to wait at the quay until their turn comes around again.
Norway catching Greenland’s capelin
Greenland has a share of the capelin quota around Iceland, but part of this goes to the Norwegian fleet.
First capelin landing
The first capelin of the season was landed at Neskaupstaður in eastern Iceland at the weekend.
Institute recommends capelin TAC
Iceland’s Marine Research Institute has announced that results from its capelin research are now complete.
Capelin search underway
The search for capelin is in progress in Icelandic waters, with research vessels Árni Friðriksson and Bjarni Sæmundsson heading the search, along with commercial fishing vessels Sigurður, Sighvatur Bjarnason and Jóna Eðvalds.
Royal Greenland buys Quin-Sea Fisheries
Canadian processing company Quin-Sea Fisheries has been bought by Royal Greenland in a deal that sees a majority shareholding acquired to begin with, and the entire shareholding will be transferred to Royal Greenland in the coming years.
Faroes and Iceland agree greater access
Faroese and Icelandic fisheries ministers, Hogni Høydal and Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, have announced an agreement that gives Faroese fishing vessels greater access to Icelandic waters next year as well as increased reciprocal access for both countries to each others’ EEZs.
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