Capelin

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

A variety of technologies, including Hampiðjan’s DynIce Data cable and the Star Oddi Fish Scanner, were brought together earlier this year to provide a new look at assessing stock, tested for the first time alongside acoustic sampling during one of…

19th June 2025

FishScanner tested during capelin survey

19th June 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A rise in pelagic catches lifted the total volume of fish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet by 3% or more than 2,000 tonnes year-on-year to 69,945 tonnes in February 2025, according to preliminary figures for the month gathered by the…

18th March 2025

Icelandic fisheries landings up 3% in February

18th March 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The total volume of fish and shellfish landed by the Iceland’s fishing fleet in March 2024 fell by 77% or almost 200,000 tonnes year-on-year to 60,434 tonnes, according to preliminary figures for…

17th April 2024

Icelandic fleet hit by zero capelin catch in March

17th April 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The total volume of fish and shellfish landed by the Icelandic fishing fleet in February 2024 fell by 56% or more than 84,000 tonnes year-on-year to 65,414 tonnes, according to preliminary figures…

18th March 2024

Zero capelin catch hits Iceland’s February landings

18th March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The volume of fish and shellfish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet in the first quarter of this year decreased by 8% or more than 44,000 tonnes compared with the first three months…

1st June 2023

Iceland’s Q1 catch slips but value holds firm

1st June 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The total volume of fish and shellfish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet increased by 75% or almost 110,000 tonnes in March 2023, with a total 254,976 tonnes, according to preliminary figures for…

17th April 2023

Bumper capelin catch for Iceland

17th April 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The total volume of fish and shellfish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet decreased by 27% or more than 53,300 tonnes in February, with a total 198,365 tonnes. 

15th March 2023

Iceland’s catch down by over a quarter

15th March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The total volume of fish and shellfish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet decreased by 50% or almost 110,000 tonnes in January, with a total 220,033 tonnes.

15th February 2023

Iceland’s catch halves

15th February 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The total volume of fish and shellfish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet increased by 22% or almost 260,000 tonnes last year, reaching a total 1,417,756 tonnes.

16th January 2023

Icelands 22 catch soars

16th January 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A much lower pelagic catch led the Icelandic fishing fleet to land 70,628 tonnes of wild-capture fish and shellfish last month, down 27% from November 2021’s 96,641 tonnes.

20th December 2022

Icelandic catch falls

20th December 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A huge capelin catch helped Iceland’s fleet to land 40% more fish in the 12 months through July 2022, with over 1.5 million tonnes of fish and shellfish recorded in the preliminary…

17th August 2022

Capelin lifts Iceland

17th August 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A total 563,609 tonnes of fisheries products were caught by Iceland’s fishing fleet in the opening quarter of 2022, with the landings generating a first-sales value of ISK 55.8 billion. Compared with…

20th June 2022

Q1 pelagic earnings soar

20th June 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A large blue whiting catch helped Iceland’s fishing fleet to land 33% more fish and shellfish last month, with the total volume reaching almost 143,850 tonnes.

17th June 2022

Icelandic catch growth

17th June 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A bumper capelin catch helped Iceland’s fleet to land 34% more fish in the 12 months through April 2022, with almost 1.48 million tonnes of fish and shellfish recorded in the preliminary…

16th May 2022

Capelin lifts Iceland catch

16th May 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A huge capelin catch helped Iceland’s fishing fleet to land 40% more last month, with the capture of 145,432 tonnes of fish and shellfish, according to preliminary data from the country’s Directorate…

18th April 2022

40% jump in Iceland catch

18th April 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Thanks to a bumper capelin catch, Iceland’s fishing fleet landed 220,032 tonnes of wild-capture fish and shellfish last month, up from 73,643 tonnes in January 2021.

21st February 2022

Icelandic catch trebles

21st February 2022

NEWS

NEWS

One of Iceland’s largest seafood companies reported fishing gains of 19,000 tonnes in 2021

18th January 2022

Fishing gains fuelled by capelin

18th January 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Iceland’s pelagic sector is looking forward to what is hoped will be the largest capelin season for a couple of decades. In October, the Ministry of Fisheries followed the scientific advice, and…

5th November 2021

Gearing up for capelin

5th November 2021