8800 tons of iceland Capelin from Norsk ships

It can be said that the capelin season in 2023 has started, but not in the sense that the Icelandic ships have arrived to hunt.

instead, Greenlandic and Norwegian ships have been fishing.


nevertheless, the Norwegian ships have caught a total of almost 8800 tons.  and 17 ships have started fishing capelin 

in Icelandic sea.

The first ship that arrived here in Iceland was the Birkeland H-87-AV,

Two factories in East Iceland have received capelin from Norwegian ships

Loðnuvinnslan  in Fáskrúðsfjörður has received a total of 1800 tons

and Eskja á Eskifjörður has received 3060 tons

so the rest of the Icelandic capelin that has been caught has been landed in Norway and most of it at Nils Sperre AS in Ellingsöy in Norway

or about 1500 tons of capelin

Below you can see the catch by the Norwegian ships that have caught capelin here in Iceland, and this is based on from January 1 to February 5, 2023




Seat Name Capelin
1 Birkeland H-87-AV 1595
2 Gerda Marie H-365-AV 960
3 Selvag N-24-ME 835
4 Eros M-29-HÖ 825
5 Slaateröy VL-264-AV 720
6 Manon H-26-AV 670
7 Vendla H-4-AV 640
8 Steinevik H-58-AV 300
9 Svanaug Elise TR-19-F 295
10 Sæbjörn M-27-ME 285
11 H Östervold H-148-AV 280
12 Heröyhav M-250-HÖ 280
13 Norderveg VL-182-AV 275
14 Österbris H-99-AV 190
15 Brennholm H-1-BN 150
16 Kings Bay M-22-HÖ 135
17 Kvannöy N-400-B 110


Birkeland Pic Magnar Lyngstad