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…
Minister signs capelin regulation
Icelandic Minister of Fisheries Kristján Thór Júlíusson has signed off the regulation licensing a 662,064-tonne capelin fishery for the 2021-22 season. Reached in agreement with the Marine Research Institute, the…
Icelandic capelin quota recommendations
Iceland’s Marine Research Institute has recommended that the capelin quota for the 2021-22 season should be set at a maximum of 904 200 tonnes. This initial recommendation can be expected…
Kap steaming in to the Westman Islands with a cargo of roe-bearing capelin. Image: Thomas Köhn/Marhólmar
Freezing round the clock as capelin season comes to an end
Pelagic vessel Kap landed 1200 tonnes of capelin to Vinnslustöðin’s plant in the Westman Islands on Friday, according to Sindri Viðarsson who heads the company’s pelagic division. ‘I’ll be satisfied…
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