Breaking one record after another
Only a couple of weeks after one record had been set for the largest capelin landing to date, Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessel Börkur has broken its own record with a landing…
Fiskebåt objects to capelin season restrictions
Norwegian pelagic vessels operating in Icelandic waters to catch capelin under the agreements relating to this stock are at a disadvantage, according to vessel operators’ federation Fiskebåt, which has written…
Nobody leaves the ship
Samherji’s pelagic vessel Vilhelm Thorsteinsson landed 2060 tonnes of capelin to Síldarvinnslan’s fishmeal plant in Neskaupstaður on Friday, before heading back to sea without any of the crew going ashore.…
Queueing to land capelin
Pelagic vessels are lining up to land at Síldarvinnslan’s plants in Neskaupstaður and Seyðisfjörður, and the first capelin landings of the season have arrived at the Vinnslustöðin plant in the…
Polar Amaroq alongside in Neskaupstaður. Image: Hákon Ernuson
Steady fishing for capelin over Christmas
Greenlandic pelagic vessels Polar Amaroq and Polar Ammassak, which are partly in the ownership of Icelandic operator Síldarvinnslan, have been fishing for capelin over Christmas. Both sailed on 23rd December,…
Bjarni Ólafsson docking in Neskaupstaðar with capelin in its tanks. Image: Thorgeir Baldursson
Slow progress on capelin
Fishing for capelin has been patchy off the north of Iceland, with capelin only showing during daylight hours and the main migration yet to show itself. With the fishing concentrated…
Bjarni Ólafsson heading in to Neskaupstaður to land its first capelin of the season. Image: Síldarvinnslan/Thorgeir Baldursson
First capelin landing of the season
The first landing of capelin of this season to Síldarvinnslan’s Neskaupstaður processing plant has been completed. After a difficult start to the season with the capelin sitting deep, below the…
Pelagic vessel Börkur has shipped a deep purse seine for capelin that was purchased in 2015 – and is now going to be used for the first time. Images: Egersund Ísland
Egersund Ísland gears up for capelin season
The last few weeks have been busy ones for Egersund Ísland, based in the Icelandic east coast port of Eskifjörður, as the anticipation for the coming capelin season grows. In…
Polar Amaroq is searching for capelin north-west of Iceland. Image: Síldarvinnslan/Kristján Már Unnarsson
Searching solo for capelin
Greenlandic pelagic vessel Polar Amaroq is searching for capelin deep north west of Iceland. According to mate Ólafur Sigurðsson, they have been working close to the Greenland-Iceland line, without seeing…
Russia and Norway strike 2022 fisheries agreement
Russia and Norway strike 2022 fisheries agreement
Working through a series of online negotiation meetings, Norway and Russia have reached a fisheries agreement for 2022. This is Norway’s most important bilateral fisheries agreement. ‘The agreement entered into…
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