31st October 2024

Termination of longline discount for ling

As of 1st of November 2024 the longline discount for ling is terminated.

24th October 2024

Catch Quota Exchange market - call for tenders

The exchange market has opened. Deadline for submitting tenders is until 12:00 on Thursday the 31st of October 2024.

16th October 2024

The Directorate of Fisheries receives the Equality Award from Jafnvægisvogin

Fiskistofa is among the 130 public organizations and corporations that received award from Jafnvægisvogin in 2024.

10th October 2024

Quota share in Lumpfish

The Directorate of Fisheries is currently working on calculation of quota share for ships in Lumpfish.

2nd October 2024

Applications for seal hunting licence

Applications for seal hunting licence for own consumption for the year 2025 are now open.

1st October 2024

Remotely Piloted Aircraft monitoring in October

Remotely Piloted Aircrafts will be used for monitoring by the Directorate of Fisheries in October and we would like to ask fishermen to keep in mind that all recordings are carefully examined and fish that goes overboard is species analyzed.

20th September 2024

Catch overview for the fishing year 2023/2024

The Directorate of Fisheries has compiled information about the catch and fishing of last fishing year.

16th September 2024

Electronic Transfer System is now working

The failure that occurred in the Directorate of Fisheries electronic transfer system has now been fixed.

16th September 2024

System Error in Electronic Transfer System

A technical issue is causing transfers from the previous fishing year to be recorded in the current year.

12th September 2024

Final date for transfers in the fishing year 2023/2024

The Directorate of Fisheries draws attention to the fact that deadline for moving catch quota between vessels in the 2023/2024 fishing year is the 16th of September.