| dc.description.abstract | The stock is still at a low level, after having collapsed in 2001 for the third time
in 20 years (Figure 1.4.1.1). The cause is
probably an intense predation pressure
from large year classes of herring in the
southern Barents Sea. During autumn
2006 relatively large amounts of capelin
0-group were found, and if large amounts
of these survive, it may be the start of a
new rebuilding period of the stock.
The adult stock was estimated at only
800 000 tonnes in 2006, and about half of
this amount was starting to mature. However,
the maturing stock will be reduced
to about 200 000 tonnes before spawning
in spring 2007. The Norwegian-Russian
Fishery Commission has set a harvest control
rule stating that to allow fishing, the
risk of the spawning stock dropping under
200 000 tonnes should be maximum 5 %.
In 2007, the prognoses show that this risk
is a bout 50 %, and consequently no fishing
will be allowed in 2007. | en |
