Catch certificates

The Directorate of Fisheries catch certificates are confirmation that catch from which Icelandic seafood products are processed was caught within the Icelandic fisheries management system.

The European Union requires a catch certificate for all imported seafood products, the United States requires a catch certificate for import of cod, and Japan requires a catch certificate for mackerel.

The certificate complies with agreements between Iceland, the European Union, United States, and Japan. It is standardized and cannot be changed.

Catch certificate system

Users apply for access by email to vottord@fiskistofa.is.

The following information must be included in the application:

• company name

• address

• national identification number

• email address

• telephone number

Log in to the system

• The system is accessible at the website https://vottord.fiskistofa.is

• Login is via Ísland.is with electronic credentials.

• If someone other than executive authorised to sign on behalf of the company makes the certificate, a mandate is required.

For users with XML import

• Parties using WiseFish (SaaS Microsoft hosting, version 26 and newer) can now prepare and send certificates directly from the system to the Directorate of Fisheries instead of creating an XML file.

• Other XML users can connect to the Directorate of Fisheries' web service (API) to prepare certificates from their systems.

Rules

For Europe:

• Certificates are sent digitally from the Directorate of Fisheries' system to the EU's CATCH system.

• Catch certificates are only issued for catch from Icelandic vessels.

• Certificates can be corrected in the web system but not in the Java system.

• Landings and species must be registered.

• Tariff codes on a catch certificate for the raw/unprocessed product and are 6 digits.

• If the shipment contains processed fishery products, a processing statement must be prepared.

• A processing statement is created in the system at the same time as the catch certificate.

• The following must be registered on the processing statement:

  • The production volume of the product.

  • The fish processing plant that processed the products.

  • An 8-digit tariff code.

Please note

Exporters and processors of fish products are requested not to enter any information themselves into the EU's TRACES system regarding the issuance of catch and processing certificates.

• Doing so may lead to an error resulting in the rejection of the catch or processing certificate.

For the United States and Japan:

• Catch certificates are only issued for catch from Icelandic vessels.

• Certificates can be corrected in the web system but not in the Java system.

• Landings and species must be registered.

The certificate costs 210 ISK