News & announcements

MFRI has decided to revise its capelin advice from 24 February for the current fishing year.

The TAC advice for the fishing season 2022/2023 is expected to be increased next week by more than 100 thousands tonnes.

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"

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

New publications have just been launched in the paper Aquatic Biology about fish behaviour in front of a bottom trawl

The Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI) in Iceland is seeking a physical oceanographer for a full-time position.

The Hackathon takes place on 27-28th of March 2023 and will allow participants to live test EMODnet’s data resources and services in the marine environment and to create and share innovative ideas.

Findings of unexpected large numbers of fin and humpback whales during recent years in the previously ice infested waters of East Greenland indicate a tipping point in the marine ecosystem from one regime to another that may be irreversible.

On 30th September ICES released advices on fishing opportunities for Norwegian spring-spawning herring, North-East Atlantic mackerel and blue whiting for the year 2023.

The Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI) advises that capelin catches in 2022/2023 should be no more than 218 400 tonnes.