CITES Certificate
The Directorate of Fisheries is responsible for issuing CITES certificates for marine organisms.
CITES certificates are issued in accordance with the CITES convention, which aims to protect endangered species of animals and plants. The convention includes rules on the import and export of:
live and dead animals,
plants and
products derived from them.
What is needed to obtain a CITES certificate?
Check if the organism is covered by the CITES convention.
Is the organism or product in question on the list of species covered by the CITES convention?Contact the Directorate of Fisheries.
Send a request to the email address fiskistofa@fiskistofa.is to apply for a CITES certificate. The request must include clear information about:which organism or product is involved,
quantity and weight,
who the sender is and who the recipient is.
Provide further information if requested.
The Directorate of Fisheries may request more detailed information. In some cases, the applicant must submit further documentation, for example, an opinion from the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute or the Natural Science Institute of Iceland.
Important to bear in mind
Often, a CITES certificate must also be issued in the country of export or receipt. Rules can vary between countries, and in some places, they are stricter than in Iceland. It is therefore important to ensure that the country of receipt approves the transport.
For example, Iceland permits the export of whale samples or whale products, but many countries do not approve the import of such products.
The certificate costs 27.800 ISK
Service provider
The Directorate of Fisheries