The new capelin roe processing line is designed to double production capacity during the short roe season. The system went through an initial dry run, and the first production went…
Capelin have been migrating rapidly along the south coast over the last few days. Challenging weather conditions and the accompanying delays to fishing have meant that it hasn’t been easy…
As the Icelandic pelagic fleet switches from trawling for capelin in the early part of the season to purse seine gear as the fish gather in tight marks off the…
The Norwegian fleet has long felt itself to be at a disadvantage during the capelin fishery in Icelandic waters, and Norway’s Minister of Fisheries has again raised the issue with…
There’s plenty of activity at Hampiðjan’s Neskaupstaður net loft at the moment, and according to manager Jón Einar Marteinsson, it’s a long time since there has been quite so much…
As the Icelandic fleet experiences its first big capelin season for many years, there has been one record landing after another, although there are only a handful of pelagic vessels…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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