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03. March
Area based capelin adivice retracted

MFRI has decided to revise its capelin advice from 24 February for the current fishing year.
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22. February
Increase in capelin advice announced in the coming days

The TAC advice for the fishing season 2022/2023 is expected to be increased next week by more than 100 thousands tonnes.
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20. February
Trends in the Icelandic harbour seal population over a 40 year period

A new paper about trends in the Icelandic harbour seal population was recently published. The title of the paper is "The Icelandic harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) population: trends over 40 years (1980–2020) and current threats to the population"
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03. February
Capelin advice increased

The MFRI advises that the capelin TAC for the 2022/23 fishing year be no more than 275 705 tonnes, which corresponds to a 57 300 tonnes increase from the advice given on 4 October 2022
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