Capelin in a changing environment. HV2023-43

The main findings from the capelin research study conducted from 2018-2022 are presented in this report. 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.

The main findings are presented in a collection of extended abstracts, referred to as papers (numbered 1-14), which appear as chapters in this collection.