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Mixed fishing for Norwegian pelagic fleet

Norway
Published Feb 19, 2022

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Mixed fishing for Norwegian pelagic fleet. Norwegian spring-spawning herring is moving a bit in the south and there is poor capelin fishing off Iceland, according to Kenneth Garvik of Norges Sildesalgslag, a Norwegian fish sales association.

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Mixed fishing for Norwegian pelagic fleet. Norwegian spring spawning herring is moving a bit in the south and there is poor capelin fishing off Iceland, according to Kenneth Garvik of Norges Sildesalgslag, a Norwegian fish sales association. Reporting on herring for week six in the season, it was an average with 13,600 tonnes reported. In total, this quantity is distributed over 34 different boats, and it is the coastal group that has contributed the most with 6,700 t. The remaining quantity fished by trawl with 5,600 t, purse seine 800 t and a Swedish boat has fished 500 t. Compared with previous years, herring are lagging behind in their migration south towards the spawning fields. For the smallest herring (220 -250 g) that is fished in the north, the boats have last week fished from 70 n.mil north of Andenes early in the week to just northwest of the same place this weekend. Here, the fishermen report good herring during periods when good casts and trawl hauls have been taken ...
Source: Fish Focus
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