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BUSY WEEK FOR NORWEGIAN MACKEREL BOATS

BUSY WEEK FOR NORWEGIAN MACKEREL BOATS

Busy week for Norwegian mackerel boats. It has been a hectic week (week 35) on the Norwegian mackerel fishing grounds with great activity northwest of Ålesund, reports Norwegian pelagic group, Norges Sildesalgslag.

A a total of 38,186 tonnes of mackerel were caught, where Sunday was the biggest day with 10,773 tonnes distributed among over 70 vessels.

In the corresponding week 35 in 2023, there was 19,205 tonnes caught. The fleet has gathered around 80 miles north-west of Ålesund and there is a lot of activity in the area.

The mackerel have gathered more and most of the catches in the last few days are from the purse seine.

Just under 80,608 tonnes of the total quota of 237,907 tonnes have been fished, so there is a remaining quota of 157,299 tonnes. This year, Norway is also allowed to fish around 123,000 tonnes in the British zone.

Eight Faroese vessels have caught a total of 3,407 tonnes of mackerel, mostly fished in the Norwegian zone in accordance with the tripartite agreement.

For North Sea herring, 15,168 tonnes were caught, of which 14,815 tonnes were fished by 12 foreign vessels. Just under 300 tonnes have gone to fishmeal from a couple of Norwegian vessels.

Image: Norges Sildesalgslag/Helge Skavlan

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