Capelin research study 2018-2022 - Report published

Photo. Sigurður Þór Jónsson

The report from the main findings from the capelin research study conducted from 2018-2022 has now been published in both Icelandic and English.

The main findings were presented at a capelin symposium in November, 

The report contains a collection of short papers on the different subject areas. 

This study was warranted to gain in-depth knowledge of how large-scale distribution and abundance shifts have affected the different life history stages of capelin.

The research focused on the following broad subject areas;

• long-term changes in the distribution and life history of capelin;
• spawning and early life history;
• feeding ecology; predator-prey dynamics;
• effect of behavior and physiology of capelin on acoustic biomass estimation.