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A member of the smelt family, Capelin is a cold water forage fish inhabiting Artic and Sub-Artic regions of the Atlantic and Pacific. Like other smelt, capelin are sleek and slender with olive-green backs and silvery white bellies. Our capelin are sorted by sex and graded based on size and roe content.
Capelin in a cold water, pelagic schooling species inhabiting Arctic and Sub-Arctic seas in the Atlantic and the Pacific. Like other smelt, capelin are sleek and slender fishes with olive-greenbacks and silvery white bellies. They have small scales, large eyes and reach lengths of more than 20cm ( 8inches). The Newfoundland capelins season is typically in July each year. The capelin season is typically in July each year. The capelin are sorted by sex and graded based in size and roe content.
