Class A vessels can apply for an additional mackerel harvest rights until 15th of September. Applications for allocation should be sent to fiskistofa@fiskistofa.is, stating the vessel for which allocation is being requested.

This allocation is based on provisions of regulation on allocation of 4,000 tons of additional fishing allowances for mackerel. According to the regulation, the Directorate of Fisheries must distribute the quantity that has not been allocated to B-class vessels, equally to A-class vessels that request for allocation. At the time of publication of this announcement, there are 500 tons available for distribution.

The price of the harvest rights is equal to the resource rent fee for mackerel at any given time, or 26,17 ISK/kg according to the announcement of resource rent for the year 2026.