It is heading for a sharp decline in capelin fishing in Iceland next year
The Icelandic Institute of Marine Research reports a preliminary quota of 218,400 tonnes of capelin. It is assumed a new research, and results from this became clear on Tuesday, writes the Pelagic Association on its Homepage.
A year ago, the same marine research institute came up with a preliminary quota advice of 904,200 tonnes. It is therefore four times as high as the current advice for the next few years. Last year’s recommendation ended up with a Norwegian fishing quota in 2022 at Iceland of 141,000 tonnes.
Labert, Norwegian fishing
The revised advice is based on results from acoustic measurements on solder files by Icelandic «Árni Friðriksson» and Greenlandic «Tarajoq» carried out in the period 27 August to 29 September.
This year’s Norwegian capelin fishing off Iceland was poor compared to the bumper year 2021, with capelin prices for consumption of over 16 kroner per kilo at its best.
This year, 88,000 tonnes of the Norwegian quota were fished up. 52,000 tons remained of the quota. Problematic catching conditions and a large quota meant that most of the lodda was delivered to the factory for grinding. 92,000 tonnes of capelin have been delivered through Norway’s Herring Sales Team this year at an average price of DKK 3.18 per kilo.
Meeting in Copenhagen
After the season in Iceland early this winter, there was a pike fishery in the Barents Sea of 42,300 tonnes and an average price of DKK 6.72 per kilo.
The coastal states of Norway, Iceland and Greenland met for coastal state negotiations in Copenhagen this week on lode in Iceland, Greenland and the Jan Mayen zone.
At the meeting, this year’s season was summarized and a review of the journey and quotas. The meeting ends tomorrow, Wednesday.