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The Directorate of Fisheries Frontpage

Directorate of Fisheries

The Directorate of Fisheries is responsible for the implementation of legislation in the field of fisheries management, as well as salmon and trout fishing. The main roles of the Directorate of Fisheries are the granting of fishing licences, the allocation of fishing permits and monitoring of fishing activities and the weighing of fish catches.

Fisheries Conference

Employees of the Directorate of Fisheries will attend the Fisheries Conference on 7th and 8th of November

This year the conference is entitled Fisheries management – so much more than catch quotas.

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Applications for sea angling tournaments have been opened

The Directorate of Fisheries calls for applications for permission to hold official sea angling tournaments in the fishing year 2024/2025.

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The Directorate of Fisheries has compiled an estimate of lumpfish quota share

Owners and operators can make comments on the calculation of catch performance before 19th of November.

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