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FÍF
FÉLAG ÍSLENSKRA FISKMJÖLSFRAMLEIÐENDA
The Icelandic Fishmeal Association
FÍF
FÉLAG ÍSLENSKRA FISKMJÖLSFRAMLEIÐENDA
The Icelandic Fishmeal Association
Iceland ++ Madrid 2011
Johann Peter Andersen
The Icelandic Fish Meal Association
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FÍF April 2011
• Recovery of the Capelin ?:
• Management plan in two steps
• first step in this plan is to set a preliminary TAC
• The second step is based on the results of another
survey conducted during the fishing season for the
same year classes.
• The fishable capelin stock has been at a low level
during the last five seasons
• MRI have been able to measure immature capelin of
the 2009 and 2010 year classes enough to
recommend a preliminary quota
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FÍF April 2011
• Recovery of the Capelin ?:
• ICES workshop was unable to approve the
assessment of the Icelandic capelin stock
• Revision of the factor for natural mortality.
• Work is now ongoing and is supposed to be
concluded before early June
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FÍF April 2011
• Changes in the Fishery
Management System
• government is preparing a proposal for changes
• changes will include changes in the allocation of
quotas
• quotas will be allocated to limited pre-determined
time
• allocation only include the right to use the quota
• in the future part of the quotas will progressively go
into pots
• No changes will be of the methods used to
determine fishing quotas.
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FÍF April 2011
• Changes in the Fishery
Management System
• Best scientific methods will still be used to determine
the size of the fishable stock.
• not expecting these changes to have much affects on
the fishmeal industry
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FÍF April 2011
• Green Industry
• The fishmeal industry in Iceland is heading to be
green
• 43 % of the energy used by the Icelandic fishmeal
factories came from renewable energy in 2011
• One Icelandic fishmeal plant is 100 % driven by
renewable energy.
• In 3-4 years about 80% of fishmeal and fish oil will
be produced with renewable energy.
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FÍF April 2011
• IFFO RS certification
• 7 factories have been certified and two are pending
• Summer spawning herring, Atlanto spring spawning
herring, Blue whiting and Capelin have been certified
• 7 byproducts have been certified
• 85 % of fishmeal and fish oil produced in Iceland will
be IFFO RS certified.