The Faroese Marine Research Institute – Havstofan, has advised a 10-20% reduction on permitted fishing days for the coming season. This is because of low spawning stock numbers of cod. The numbers for haddock and saithe remain stable. We wait to see how this will affect price of fresh and frozen cod products in the coming …
The Icelandic Marine and Freshwater Research Institute published an announcement about the upcoming Capelin Season on their webpage: https://www.hafogvatn.is/is/midlun/frettir-og-tilkynningar/litid-af-lodnu-nordan-lands The expedition went quite well although ice prevented the search in the northern part of the search area. Echo sounding is used to measure the capelin and estimate its stocks. The research ships are now on …
Here is a short video showing the production of whole round capelin and „capelin roes“ from catch to capture.