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28th August 2023
Regulation on the prohibition of common whelk fishing in Breidafjordur has been published.
25th August 2023
Last Sunday, August 20th, the Directorate of Fisheries received a notification that holes had been found in the Arctic Seafarm's fish farm at Kvígindisdalur in Patreksfjörður.
The Directorate of Fisheries has allocated catch quota for the fishing year 2023/2024.
22nd August 2023
As of 23 of August 2023, the long-line discount for haddock is abolished
17th August 2023
New fishing year begins on September 1st. We encourage parties to familiarize themselves with the implementation of allocations and transfers for the upcoming fishing year.
Attention is drawn to the fact that all special fishing permits must be applied for separately for each fishing year. Current permits expire on August 31 st.
15th August 2023
As of 16 August 2023, the long-line discount in cod is abolished.
10th August 2023
Saturday the 12th of August will be the last day for Lumpfish fishing apart from inner Breiðafjörður where it is allowed until the 31st of August.
8th August 2023
Drones will be used for monitoring by the Directorate of Fisheries in August we would like to ask fishermen to keep in mind that all recordings are carefully examined and fish that goes overboard is species analyzed.
28th July 2023
The Directorate of Fisheries has completed processing of bids submitted for the catch quota switch 27th of July.
