GOOD HERRING FISHING FOR NORWEGIAN FLEET

Good herring fishing for Norwegian fleet. Fishing for Norwegian spring spawning herring was very good at the beginning of last week with Tuesday being the best day with well over 16,000 tonnes registered in the log. Then the fishing calmed down a bit for a few days before they got a steady tide over the weekend.
Before the weekend, the herring had also made their way into the fjords, so while the fishing at the start of the week mainly took place out in the Norwegian Sea, it moved closer to land as the week progressed. The fleet has been fishing beyond the fjord lines in Kvænangen this weekend. Here there have been good catches with nice herring. A total of 53,000 tonnes of NVG herring have been registered this week, of which 38,200 are for consumption, 14,600 for flour and oil, and 215 tonnes have been locked up.
In the time to come, we envision a steady fishery for herring and the smallest fleet will probably be in place in Kvænangen within a week’s time.
After a few weeks of little activity on the mackerel, things picked up this week and a total of 16,557 tonnes have been recorded in the journal. The fishing took place at Storeggen at the start of the week and took place in the North Sea closer to the weekend. It is gratifying that the mackerel is once again visiting the North Sea and we hope for more catches from this area. The fish in the North Sea has been somewhat smaller, but the quality is very good. Single catches of up to 450 tonnes have been recorded.
A number of mackerel have also been landed from foreign vessels this week, fished in the British zone.
The coastal fleet is getting close to finishing the mackerel quotas, but there is still good fishing for those who are active.