Yesterday, the 31st of March, a regulation was issued on the (7th) amendment to regulation on total allowable catch and commercial fishing for the 2025/2026 fishing year and the 2026 calendar year. The regulation increases the total allowable catch for lumpfish from 662 to 2,932 tonns.

The Directorate of Fisheries has already allocated catch quotas in accordance with this change, and further information on the allocation can be found on the Directorate of Fisheries' data pages.

Various useful information related to lumpfish fishing can also be found in an article about the fishing on the Directorate of Fisheries' website.