The capelin season in the Icelandic zone has reached its end and Icelandic, Faroese and Norwegian vessels have been fishing for the past two months.
Three of the Faroese vessels, Finnur Fríði FD86, Jupiter FD42 and Tróndur í Gøtu FD175 have just finished their quota using purse seine nets from Vónin. The latest one was delivered for Finnur Fridi in January.
These nets are specifically made for the conditions and environment that the fishery faces. The two months when most of the fish is caught - mid January to mid March - are very harsh and stormy with strong winds and raging seas. Thus, the nets need to be dimensioned accordingly with very heavy twine and large, strong floats. Fishing also takes place in waters as shallow as six fathoms, so most of the net (which is around 60 fathoms deep) is on the ground. This means that the lower part of the net has to be very strong.
The feedback from the three vessels has been very good. Vónin reports that Finnur Fríði has caught almost 8,000t with its 242x60 fathom net.
One important thing in this fishery is to have good floatation on the nets, because the capelin drive them down. This results in a lot of fish escaping over the headrope when it sinks.
Finnur Fríðicould take more than 1,000t in each shot without seeing the floats go down.
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