The course of the fisheries per week 9 - 2026

𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠:

A total of 36,565 tonnes of blue whiting were reported during the past week.
Eight vessels reported 9,315 tonnes for human consumption, while 17 vessels reported 27,250 tonnes for fishmeal and fish oil production.

The majority of the catches were taken in international waters, though six reports were submitted from the EU zone.

More than half of Norway’s blue whiting quota for 2026 has now been fished.
A total of 133,228 tonnes has been reported against a Norwegian quota of 238,736 tonnes, leaving 105,508 tonnes available for Norwegian vessels for the remainder of the year.

𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠-𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐰𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐍𝐕𝐆 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠):

During the past week, two Norwegian and three British vessels reported catches of NVG herring.
The Shetland vessel “Adenia” submitted two NVG herring reports during the week.

In total, 6,118 tonnes were reported, with an average herring size ranging between 260 and 295 grams.

So far, 154,486 tonnes have been caught of Norway’s total NVG herring quota of 342,666 tonnes.
Most Norwegian vessels are now expected to await the autumn migration north of Kvænangen, and limited activity is therefore anticipated in this fishery in the period ahead.

𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐥:

A total of 27 tonnes of horse mackerel were reported this week by three vessels.
Two catches were taken off Rogaland, while one catch was reported from waters near Florø.

𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐭:

On Sunday evening, the Swedish vessel “Astrid Marie” reported 1,360 tonnes of Baltic sprat.
The vessel is making the full transit from the Baltic Sea to Egersund.

Bergen, 2 March 2026

Sigurd Vedøy
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