Capelin Symposium Bergen 2022

A BIG thank you to all the wonderful participants who filled the week with exciting science and were incredibly attentive, inquisitive and supportive as an audience throughout the symposium! #Capelin2022 🐟💙

Sam Subbey from @Havforskningen talking about the upcoming ICES Journal of Marine Science special issue from the symposium. Deadline March 31, 2023. Looking forward to your contributions! ✏️ #Capelin2022

Höskuldur Björnsson from MFRI discussing management plan evaluation for Icelandic capelin. #Capelin2022

A second presentation from Hector Pena on variability in the acoustic frequency response of pre-spawning capelin; implications for biomass estimation. #Capelin2022 @Havforskningen

Final day of the symposium, focusing on monitoring and assessment of capelin. First out is Hector Pena from @Havforskningen discussing if abundance of Barents Sea capelin can be reliably estimated during pre-spawning and if the results can be used for assessment. #Capelin2022

Final talk of the day by ECS Teresa Silva from MFRI discussing in situ target strength measurements of capelin in schools in the Iceland-East Greenland area. #Capelin2022

Are Salthaug from @Havforskningen with the talk "An interative approach for removing very large catches from swept area data; a case study on capelin in the Barents Sea ecosystem survey". #Capelin2022

ECS Chelsea Boaler from @marineinstitute talking about weaving waves of knowing to better understand capelin dynamics and improve decision-making in Northwest Atlantic waters. #Capelin2022

ECS Laura Bliss from @umanitoba presenting her work on spatial extent of subtidal spawning of capelin in coastal Newfoundland based on fishers' ecological knowledge and at-sea sampling. #Capelin2022

Keynote from Gail Davoren @umanitoba on post-collapse variability in capelin abundance, phenology and habitat use: impacts on stock recovery and food web dynamics in Newfoundland, Canada. #Capelin2022

Torstein Pedersen from @UiTNorgesarktis comparing the life-history and population dynamics of a short-lived Norwegian capelin stock to other capelin stocks. #Capelin2022

ECS Jessica Hough from @Havforskningen with the talk "Does abundance of Northeast Arctic cod influence the schooling dynamics of capelin?" #Capelin2022

Day 3 starting with a keynote from Mariano Koen-Alonso (@mkoenalonso @DFO_NL) on capelin-cod dynamics: a comparison between Newfoundland-Labrador and Barents Sea ecosystems and what it may tell us about ecosystem regulation. #Capelin2022

These beautiful glass capelin mementos were made by Alaska-based artist Rachael Juzeler (Ratchet Constructs LLC) from reused window glass. We are very excited about them and the detailed shine and texture she was able to capture! #Capelin2022

Last talk of the day by Alethea Barbaro from @tudelft: "Modeling the migrations of Icelandic capelin". #Capelin2022

ECS Salah Alrabeei from @hvl_no presenting his work on tracking capelin spawning migration - integrating environmental data and individual-based modelling. #Capelin2022

ECS Kristinn Gudnason from MFRI talking about detecting spawning events and predicting nursery habitat connectivity of Iceland-East Greenland-Jan Mayen capelin with drift modelling. #Capelin2022

Keynote by Anna Frank from @UiB: Mathematics as an instrument to new biological insights - two examples of the Barents Sea capelin. #Capelin2022

ECS Ashley Tripp from @umanitoba discussing long-term variation in subtidal and intertidal spawning habitat use of capelin in coastal Newfoundland. #Capelin2022